Dear Liz (Daily Telegraph)
Liz Dolan answers questions about buildings insurance, tax planning abroad, the safety of banked cash and more.

Dollar briefly hits parity, highest level since '76 (CTV.ca)
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said a weak U.S. dollar was the "real story" behind the loonie briefly reaching parity with U.S. currency for the first time in 31 years.

Vancouver's unreal real estate (Toronto Star)
VANCOUVER–The numbers don't lie and neither does the Multiple Listing Service. When engineer Valérie LeBlanc thought about buying a condo recently, she punched in the numbers on a mortgage calculator and checked online for availability in her price range.

Need a mortgage with those tools? (The Globe and Mail)
Canadian Tire adds mortgages, chequing and savings to credit cards, loans unit