Feeling ‘seduced by a cabal’ of ‘real estate marketers, builders, lenders, and bankers?’

Liberal MP Garth Turner says in a new book that Canada has its own 'hidden debt crisis' that's 'just as dire as the subprime mortgage fiasco' in the U.S.

Liberal MP Garth Turner is predicting doom and gloom in his new book, Greater Fool: The Troubled Future of Real Estate. Recent changes to buying and selling real estate laws, such as allowing 40-year mortgages and zero down payments, have allowed Canadians to plunge the furthest into debt ...

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