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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Can we recover the previous 3 years worth from George Weston? I'll take it back in pieces of skin.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure it's down, but is the price of food or homes down too?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any positive inflation number means that prices are still going up. It is just a question of how fast.

So, lower inflation does not mean you should expect prices to fall. At best, it means you should expect them to go up more slowly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Well inflation was only 6.8% in 2022 but house/land prices went up at least 40%. The mass city exodus is over yet house prices are still up there...

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Please sir, I want some more [rate cuts].

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

They'll oblige. If there's one thing they hate more than inflation, it's deflation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'd love a couple of rate cuts before my mortgage renewal in February.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you get fixed rate mortgages there? I'm here in the United States and when I bought a house a couple of years ago, I specifically demanded to get a fixed rate mortgage, even though I knew it would cost slightly more in percentage terms. I knew that I wouldn't be subject to the whims of the jacking around of the central banks and rates.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes but Canadian mortgages have renewals on a schedule. 1,2,3,4,5,7,and 10 years are typical. Rates are fixed for that time period, then reset to market rate.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Same date for me, so I'm right there with you on the rate cuts