Overheated Vancouver-area real estate market cools
A seven-year real estate bubble has burst in the greater Vancouver housing market. Sales of homes in 2008 dropped by over 35 per cent, compared to 2007 sales of more than 38,000 homes.

The Savings Game: With pain of recession comes a lifetime of useful financial lessons
We've said good riddance to 2008, a year of massive job losses and sinking stock prices, of frozen credit markets and rising home foreclosures and, to cap it off, an unprecedented alleged multi-billion fraud on Wall Street.

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CD Rate Trend Index
Banks are playing catch up to maintain their spreads (the difference between what they pay on deposits and what they earn on that money through loans and investments). To maintain that positive relationship, I expect CD rates to be lower in January.

It's your money: 20 dos and don'ts for 2009
During the worst economic crisis in a lifetime, the right financial decisions are crucial. 1. Don't try to predict the future.

Corporate bonds can offer a bit of good risk
Sometimes investors get restless when they are cozy.

Humberto Cruz: If we heed its lessons, 2008 may wind up a very good year
We've said good riddance to 2008, a year of massive job losses and sinking stock prices, of frozen credit markets and rising home foreclosures and, to cap it off, an unprecedented alleged multi-billion dollar fraud on Wall Street.

Shenandoah hopes to reach population milestone in 2009
If growth continues as city officials are projecting, Shenandoah could hit a population milestone this coming year.

Your Town: Unfinished report delays court decision
SALINAS Unfinished report delays court decision A decision was delayed Tuesday on whether three teenage suspects will be prosecuted in juvenile court for allegedly shooting two siblings at a King City soccer match.

Bonds are still risky alternatives to stocks
Chicago Tribune Sometimes investors get restless when they are cozy.

Supervisors Watch
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors got a new chairman and a new member Tuesday. Vito Chiesa, the new District 2 supervisor, was sworn in along with Bill O'Brien and Jim DeMartini, who each won second terms in the November election.

Time to get out of the market? It depends on your age
Lower gas prices may mean you have money ? or more money ? for retirement savings in 2009. Standard & Poor's chief economist David Wyss puts it another way: Tumbling gas prices have given beleaguered U.S. consumers the equivalent of a $200 billion tax cut. So ditch the expensive coffee and join the office pool. Brown bag the lunch. And use your gas budget savings to start a retirement or ...

Land of confusion
GUELPH (Jan 7, 2009) -- The lines are drawn. The meetings are done. If the various sides don't reach an agreement before Jan. 20, parties will head to the Ontario Municipal Board for what could be a 40-day hearing to decide what should happen with the former Lafarge lands.

The price of friendship
As a financial planner in Carlsbad, Calif., Candace Bahr tells clients to think twice before lending money to friends and family.

So long, 2008
Parker Town Council made a surprising decision in August by downsizing plans for two multimillion dollar projects to fund them simultaneously.

Top 10 Allen stories for 2008
The top 10 headlines for 2008.

Get organized now: Tools to keep you on track
NEW YORK (AP) -- Need help getting organized in 2009'There are plenty of new tools to help, says Standolyn Robertson, president of the National Association of Professional Organizers, which sponsors Get Organized Month every January.

Welcome to Divorce Month
Professionals who specialize in the dissolution of marriages and domestic partnerships say January usually ushers in a spike of inquiries about launching divorce proceedings.

Auto makers look to Mexico
And, what happens to CPP, OAS payments if consumer price index actually declines

Conspicuous spending: That's un-P.C.
The "money" conversation is rapidly changing