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Canada's gross domestic product expanded by 0.1 per cent in May as goods-producing industries helped offset a decline in the service sector.

The United States economy expanded at a 2.4 per cent annual pace during the second quarter, a slowdown from the 3.7 per cent expansionary pace it had during the first three months of 2010.

The federal government should be able to eliminate the annual budget deficit by 2015, a year ahead of schedule, the Conference Board of Canada says.

Canadians will get the latest taste of some new technology as Apple's iPhone 4 goes on sale across the country.

Google shares fell 1.4 per cent in after-hours trading Thursday after the company said people in mainland China are being blocked from using its internet search engine.

Canada's communications industry took in $55.4 billion in revenue in 2009, the CRTC said Thursday, a 2.1 per cent increase from the previous year's level.

Owners of Toyota Avalons and Lexus LX 470s may be getting a recall notice soon as the carmaker moves to fix a steering problem.

Tuna fishermen on P.E.I. have decided to forgo a summer fishery altogether and open the season on Oct. 4.

Goldman Sachs workers are likely wondering WTF is appropriate anymore after the New York investment bank informed employees that profanity is no longer acceptable in electronic messages.

An official with the U.S. central bank warned Thursday it should be ready to revive a program from the financial crisis if the world's biggest economy appears headed for deflation.

A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell for the third time in four weeks last week, dropping by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000.

Oil that spilled from an Enbridge pipeline into a southern Michigan waterway is not expected to reach Lake Michigan, U.S. officials say.

Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.

Calgary-based Suncor Energy reported Thursday a return to profit in its second quarter.

Light colours, slightly banged-up furniture and a few seashells: It’s a recipe for a relaxed home

Landscape architect Janet Rosenberg is working hard to incorporate natural oases into new high-rise developments

New tool in the condo seller's toolkit

Builder Diane Cornacchia draws on her experiences in her own home when designing her infill projects

Various floors of 11-storey residence will be shifted several degrees off its axis

Builder looks to word of mouth to market lake view condo

Blade Condominiums will have courtyard skating oval

Toronto designers Merike Reigo and Stephen Bauer find the recipe for creating a simple, airy space

Mississauga home takes a big swig from the modernist medicine jar

The work involved in a corporate relocation is often sorely underestimated. Here, Royal Bank details the migration to its new Toronto high-rise

One statistic can tell you a lot about where a city market is headed

Space and privacy can be an issue, so before you make the move, draw up a ‘lifestyle checklist’ to zero in on what’s important to you

This spacious Victorian combines classic period pieces with contemporary upgrades

Author Lorraine Johnson offers a wealth of handy information about sowing, reaping and foraging in likely and unlikely places

Modern North looks at red-hot architecture on the frozen edge

Mortgage loan originators will have to be fingerprinted and sign up to a central registry to do business in future, according to new rules issued by the Federal Reserve and other regulators.

Mortgage - Business - Mortgage broker - Federal Reserve System - Financial Services

Households across a majority of large U.S. cities received more foreclosure warnings in the first six months of this year than in the first half of 2009, new data shows.

United States - Metropolitan area - Real estate - Foreclosure - Business

Home loan demand cooled last week as rising mortgage rates curbed refinancing requests that had soared to a 14-month high, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.


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For the second year running, ForbesWoman has gathered the data and crunched the numbers to determine the U.S. cities that offer the most to working moms.

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Single-family home prices rose more than expected in May, reflecting robust spring sales spurred by homebuyer tax credits, new S&P/Case Shiller data show.

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As the real estate market has turned, so, too, has the real estate consumer. Many adults are no longer sold on the merits of owning a home.

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For those seeking hope in the better-than-expected 23.6 percent jump in new home sales in June: it's only one month's data.

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Sales of previously occupied homes fell in June and are expected to keep sinking, indicating that the housing market's troubles are likely to drag on the economic recovery.

Business - Residential Housing - Construction and Maintenance - Sales - Manufactured

Applications for home loans rose last week as rates on 30-year and 15-year fixed-ate loans sank to the lowest levels on the survey's record.


Mortgage - Loan - Business - Financial Services - United States

Increased housing commitments swelled U.S. taxpayers' total support for the financial system by $700 billion in the past year to around $3.7 trillion, a government watchdog said on Wednesday.


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Home construction plunged last month to the lowest level since October as the economy remained weak and demand for housing plummeted.

Home construction - Business - Business and Economy - Construction and Maintenance - Conferences

Homebuilders' confidence in the housing market has sunk to the lowest level in more than a year, fresh evidence that the economic recovery is slowing.


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Homes that cost $10 million or more are expected to boast certain luxuries, and the gated compound called The Brentwood has all the amenities a trophy home should.

Brentwood - Essex - England - Gated community - Business

The commercial real estate industry is rising to the dawn of a national rebound, say market insiders in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Seattle.

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A Lake County jury convicted a transient of stealing a house in foreclosure by removing "for sale" signs, changing the locks and filing strange paperwork with the county.


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Demand for loans to purchase homes sank to a 13-year low last week, and refinancing demand also slid despite near record-low mortgage rates.


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For those who can qualify, it's one of the best times to get a mortgage.


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A federal regulator is taking steps that could lead to the recovery of some losses sustained by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


Fannie Mae - Freddie Mac - United States - Mortgage - Business

Alexandra Gorbokon, a 26-year old public relations executive, has made an offer on her first home, a condo in downtown Chicago.

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Readers’ questions pertain to the Dakota Stables and the Lexington School for the Deaf.

A light-filled house on a hillside in Great Barrington, Mass., is designed to show off art, minimize maintenance and increase energy efficiency.

The Cornish residential property market was sluggish last year, but has picked up in 2010 with gains of 5 to 10 percent, depending on the area.

The talk show host sold his duplex for more than $4 million below his asking price.

The actor bought a one-bedroom on West 21st Street for $701,000.

A TriBeCa apartment owned by Damon Dash sold for $5.5 million. A second Dash property, also in TriBeCa, failed to sell.

The chef and restaurateur sold his East 10th Street co-op for $1.4 million.

A Los Angeles native’s move to Shanghai and her hunt for a traditional apartment.

A four-bedroom plantation house in Mississippi, a two-bedroom contemporary in Dallas and a three-bedroom house in Maine.

The developer of the new apartment complex hopes it attracts Yale graduate students and the medical community.

A neighborhood next to Prospect Park offers tree-lined blocks of houses and prewar apartment buildings, along with a sense of community.

In the 22,000-acre community, just a third of the land will be developed and thousands of acres will be part of a managed forest preserve.

A real estate broker recommends Ruxton Towers, at 50 West 72nd Street, to many friends from her college days.

The new law will force New York landlords to make upgrades, as well as make formerly illegal lofts eligible for rent stabilization and protect tenants against evictions.

Short sales are on the rise in Manhattan as some homeowners who bought at the height of the market are finding themselves underwater.

A tiny studio in Lenox Hill proved a fine home for a 20something starting out in the city. Decades later, when she married, it became a cozy modernist nest.

The writer didn’t buy in “Absurdistan,” but on East 18th Street.

The town of Hempstead unveils its “new vision” for developing 77 acres surrounding Nassau Memorial Coliseum, but not everyone is on board.

Sales for lower-priced homes in New Jersey have slowed after the expiration of the federal tax-credit program for buyers on April 30.

Home prices are up in White Plains and Westchester County in general, according a quarterly report issued by the Westchester-Putnam Multiple Listing Service.

When a lease becomes binding; claiming ownership of a rooftop terrace; a new cycle for appliances.

Questions for the president and founder of Alchemy Properties Inc., a real estate development company that specializes in condominiums.

A new report suggests that “strategic defaults,” in which borrowers simply walk away from their loans and properties, may be reaching their peak.

A couple’s 15th-century barn is renovated with light and energy efficiency in mind.

A two-bedroom solar-dome topped house in the Florida Keys, a nine-bedroom house in Virginia and a two-bedroom town house in California.

Although prices have dropped by as much as 30 percent in the second-home destination of Dubrovnik, the market is now holding steady.