Wendy Childs, Home Financing Advisor

05/22/2024

08/14/2023

The First Home Savings Account, or FHSA, is a new type of registered plan available to Canadians. In this episode, the ins and outs of the FHSA and how you might be able to take advantage of this new savings tool, is explained.

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07/25/2023

canadianmortgagetrends.com

06/22/2023

Canadian home sales increased again in May, rising by 5.1% (sa m/m), accompanied by a slightly larger increase of 6.8% in listings. This left the sales-to-new listings ratio, an indicator of how tight the market is, relatively unchanged from April when it had reached 69%, reflecting a sharp and rapid tightening in market conditions following a period of normalization near its long-term average of 55%, down from record highs during the pandemic.

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06/22/2023

In this episode, we bring you another instalment in the occasional series where leaders at Scotiabank interview experts on an issue that resonates with them. Today, you'll hear a conversation about data ethics hosted by Grace Lee, Scotiabank's Senior Vice President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, with Anton Ovchinnikov, Distinguished Professor at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University and a Scotiabank Scholar of Customer Analytics. They discuss what exactly data ethics means, why financial services are well positioned to take a leadership role in this emerging field and much more.

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06/19/2023

When Laura Ley was 17 years old and first told her family she identified as part of the LGBT+* community, she likely didn't envision that she had taken the first steps to becoming an outspoken advocate for this community within Mexico. Now, 25 years later, she's regarded as a devoted ally to other LGBT+ colleagues at Scotiabank Mexico and has become a champion of LGBT+ rights and programs across the country.

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06/16/2023

On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada increased its benchmark rate a quarter percentage point, to 4.75 percent. That's the highest it's been since 2001. A combination of stubborn inflation and an economy that just keeps humming along explains why the Bank decided it needed to hike again after a pause of several months. Scotiabank's Chief Economist Jean-François Perrault is back this week to walk us through the decision, the reasoning behind it, why it was the right thing to do, and to explain what it means for households – especially those with variable-rate mortgages - and the economy in the coming weeks and months.

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06/08/2023

investmentexecutive.com

06/05/2023

While inflation has put added strain on many household's finances, here are our top five suggestions for coping with inflation.

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05/16/2023

thestar.com

05/12/2023

Canadian job growth keeps defying expectations with serial beats relative to consensus expectations. A fly in the ointment is that wage growth has evaporated, but that might be temporary. Regardless, strong job growth in a very tight labour market combined with the US numbers drove Canadian government bond yields higher with the two-year up 10bps on the day while the Canadian dollar vaulted toward the top of the pack relative to the USD dollar and the TSX is rallying by about 1% on the day.

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