Just days after RBC announced that they’re increasing interest rates on select mortgages, TD Canada Trust is too.

Ontario is notorious for not only the high home prices, but also for the significantly higher tax buyers must pay on their purchases. Now the Liberals have announced they’ll be taking a little less out of your pocket by increasing the maximum Land Transfer Tax rebate for first time home buyers.

On Friday this week, a number of Royal Bank of Canada’s mortgage rates are getting raised, further increasing the expense of buying a home at a time when many Canadians feel housing is already unaffordable.

As the holidays draw near, it’s a popular time for credit monitoring agencies like TransUnion to report on the state of debt in Canada. Not surprisingly, the latest report shows debt continues to grow, but fortunately Canadians do a good job of making their payments as delinquency rates remain at about the same level as last year.

Good news next year for those who have struggled to find rental properties in Vancouver lately. A new law will come into effect taxing absentee landlords thousands of dollars per year for holding onto empty homes.