Vancouver home sales continue to fall while Toronto surges

The latest housing data shows that Vancouver’s fiery housing market may finally be burnt out while Toronto continues to show strong growth heading into the traditionally slower winter months.

LowestRates Reads: More Money for Beer and Textbooks by Kyle Prevost and Justin Bouchard

Welcome back to our personal finance book review series! Last week, we told you everything we loved about Preet Banerjee’s Stop Over-Thinking Your Money. This week, our resident student (former intern turned part-timer), reviewed his pick: More Money for Beer and Textbooks.

Kathleen Wynne proposes photo radar for school zones

Ontario’s premier wants to give municipalities more tools for protecting children from the dangers of speeding vehicles. One such tool is the photo radar, which uses automated technology to take pictures of speeders’ licence plates if they’re going too fast.

Kyle Prevost’s personal finance story: “I just wanted to buy a house”

Millions of people had done it before. Surely buying a house would be a manageable endeavor — I soon found out it wasn't

Ontario puts consumers first with new bill

Ontario has proposed a new bill that will regulate home repair and inspection services as well as reduce door-to-door sales of certain products and put stricter rules on payday loans.

Toronto: should you buy a house or should you move on?

Here’s our current dilemma: Toronto’s crazy hot housing market has priced out so many would-be homeowners, that people are considering leaving Toronto altogether

Ontario high schools add financial literacy to class

Bills, taxes, savings accounts, and investing. Four things pretty much everyone will have to deal with at some point in their life if they live in Canada. Yet school curriculums that are supposed to be teaching young people how to become successful adults don’t include anything on personal finances. Thanks to one man, that’s going to change in Ontario.

Best personal finance reads from October 2016

November brings with it an exciting time in the personal finance world: it’s Financial Literacy Month! But before you get too immersed in all the new content coming this month, check out our top picks from October.

Rearview cameras will be standard on new cars in 2018

Like any other innovative technology, automotive safety features tend to take a short time to becoming standard. Rearview cameras have been around for years, being both available on manufacturer models and available to purchase as an aftermarket part. However, Transport Canada is now making it mandatory for every car manufactured for the Canadian market to feature a rearview camera.

Automating your money: helpful or harmful?

Being an adult is a lot easier today than it was 20 years ago, especially when it comes to managing money.

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