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Mortgage Debt Piles Up

Mortgage debt jumped almost 11% in 2006 and will increase 10% more in 2007.  With mortgages becoming easier to get every day, this trend will likely continue for a while.

The Ottawa sun says this and record home buying has sunk Canada’s national savings rate from 20% two decades ago to almost 0% today.

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Robert McLister is one of Canada’s best-known mortgage experts. A mortgage columnist for The Globe and Mail, interest rate analyst and editor of MortgageLogic.news, Rob has been covering Canada's mortgage market since 2007.

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