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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brought his housing message to the mortgage industry this week, joining broker Ron Butler for a nearly hour-long episode of the Angry Mortgage Podcast. The interview, released Tuesday, covered housing affordability, development costs and homeownership, along with trade, economic policy and the pair’s shared Alberta roots. The primary focus, however, was…

On inflation, his tone was unambiguous. “While this summer’s readings were better than expected, they do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved,” Warsh said. “We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do.” Markets responded swiftly. The policy-sensitive…

A YouTuber who said his Muse AI agent gave out his home address without his permission has got to the bottom of what happened — and it comes down to clicking one button. Matt Robb said in a Tuesday update on X that he had selected an “Allow Always” option when he first asked Meta’s…

West Palm Beach posted a 0.9% monthly gain and an 8.9% annual increase as affluent buyers competed for luxury listings largely unconstrained by rate sensitivity. Pittsburgh and New York each added 1% month over month. Ali Mafi, a Redfin Premier agent in San Francisco, previously said that the city’s trajectory had reversed completely from earlier…

“In 2023 and 2024, borrowers primarily favoured shorter fixed terms, but these in turn lost ground in 2025 and 2026 to variable-rate mortgages,” the report said. How the shift unfolded The pricing backdrop has driven the change. Variable-rate products fell below fixed-rate options in late 2025 for the first time since 2022, according to Canada…