Patrick Melanson

Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point to
1/4 per cent and, conditional on the inflation outlook, commits to hold current policy rate until the end of the second quarter of 2010


OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to
1/4 per cent, which the Bank judges to be the e ...

There are some great newsworthy issues in the Budget that directly impact Real Estate:

1. The basic personal tax credit will increase for the 2009 tax year to $10,320 from $9,600 in 2008. Further, the upper limits of the first two income tax brackets will increase by 7.5% each. The upper limit of the first income tax bracket will increase to $40,476 in 2009 from $37,885 in 2008. The uppe ...

Patrick's Marketing plan includes a consultation with a home staging specialist.
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Recently, I was featured in an article on home renovation in the Globe and Mail.

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Baby Noah!

Yes Lisa and I had a beautiful baby boy on October 18, 2005. His name is Noah and his weight was 7' 13". He was in the hospital for just over a week and in Intermediate care for 4 days but is now home with Mom and Dad and doing fine.

Wow, how come nobody told me how much babies cry? Noah has issues settling down after he eats but hopefully that will get better as he ages- I hear ...

We are still awaiting the birth of our first child due on October 8th, 2005.