HW: 3 things to know about interest rates in 2014

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, March 4, 2014
http://www.housingwire.com/articles/28551-things-to-know-about-interest-rates-in-2014
Trey Garrison | January 10, 2014

Interest rates will go up. Or they will stay the same. One of those two things will definitely happen in 2014, economists say, and some lenders and investors may have trouble adjusting to the change.

"We think rates are generally headed up. We have a growing economy both here and aboard,” said Mike Fratantoni, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). "We’r...


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BNN: Canadians in top 1% earn 7 times national median

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, March 4, 2014
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/9/11/Canadians-in-top-1-earn-7-times-national-median-Survey.aspx
Bill Curry | September 11, 2013

Canadians in the top one percent are paid more than $191,000 a year according to the National Household Survey, which takes a closer look at how governments take from the rich and give to the poor.

The make-up of the one percent club is overwhelmingly male, most-likely over the age of 45 and tends to work in management jobs. Canada's top earners are also more likely to m...


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