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Economic Indicators

California dreamin’: Toronto’s Tricon buys U.S. retirement communities

Toronto-based Tricon Capital Group, an investor and asset manager focused on residential real estate, says it’s Tricon Lifestyle Communities venture has bought three manufactured-housing communities in California. Read: Pressure points for U.S. commercial real estate Two of the communities, Riverdale Estates and Palmdale Estates, are age-restricted properties. Retirees can buy a prefabricated home and install […]

By Staff |December 5, 2016

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Market Insights

Pressure points for U.S. commercial real estate

In the U.S., commercial real estate benefits when both the economy and labour market gain.

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |December 1, 2016

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Estate Planning

Vacation property succession planning: Part 2

If your client’s vacation property forms part of her estate on death, it may be subject to probate fees as part of her will.

By Tony Maiorino |November 30, 2016

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Economic Indicators

OPEC will cut oil output by 1.2 million barrels a day

In an all-out effort to restore OPEC's faded clout, the 14-nation cartel moved Wednesday to end infighting and agree to cut output for the first time in eight years.

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |November 30, 2016

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