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Fix-and-flip performance in Q1 2026 came down to one key factor: how much room investors had between what they paid, what they spent and what they sold for. ATTOM put together a special analysis with Backflip to examine how deals actually penciled out across six major markets. By pairing average purchase and resale prices with…
Introduction: In this article, I’ll provide an overview of how a bridge loan works in real estate transactions. When buying or selling a property, timing is often critical. In some cases, individuals may find themselves needing to purchase a new property before selling their existing one or require immediate funds to complete a real…
The numbers The national average sale price was $673,335 in December 2025, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association – roughly unchanged from December 2024 but up around 57% from the national average of approximately $430,000 in 2015. The National Bank of Canada Housing Affordability Monitor puts the national mortgage payment as a percentage of…
Government of Alberta data cited by Lurie shows a modest net provincial population increase of roughly 5,000 people between October and January, a marked deceleration from earlier boom-era growth, with international migration contracting. Statistics Canada’s Q4 2025 demographic estimates corroborate the trend, placing Alberta’s net interprovincial gain at 3,684 people in that quarter, down from 4,993…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority published a wide-ranging review of artificial intelligence in retail financial services today (Monday), the first of its kind commissioned by a financial regulator globally, the FCA said. The report, led by FCA executive director Sheldon Mills and known as The Mills Review, concludes that AI is likely to reshape how…
Living in Philadelphia’s Society Hill during the 1976 Bicentennial was a banking historian’s dream come true. Most Americans experienced it through the lens of patriotism and politics. I experienced it through the lens of banking history. Philadelphia didn’t just host the Founding Fathers. It financed them. Philadelphia gave us the bank that funded Washington’s army,…