right above your post.

The prime rate of the 5 major banks in Canada is 2.25%. The 0.25% rate from the Bank of Canada is called the overnight lending rate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overnight_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_rate

Great posts Eug, you obviously know what you're talking about. Something I would like to add though. The average house in 1953 looks nothing like the average house in 2007-2008. Which might explain why it seems like house prices have been increasing in value faster than the CPI. I think it's...

I prefer this chart: http://www.chpc.biz/ I've seen Garth Turner link to this chart so I wonder which stats are correct.

If you're so unsure about it don't do it.

History will show Ottawa to be one of the last major cities in North America to build a sports stadium in the suburbs. This will prove to be a costly mistake.