Hi everyone!  To celebrate all things February: 

Here's a cheat sheet with everything you ever wanted to know about Ground Hog Day.  In honour of Valentine's Day, check out pics of the world's top 10 most romantic hotels (who knew that Winnipeg would make the list?). Lastly, did you know that someone born on Feb 29 is described as being born on Leap Day (or Leap Year Day)?

I hope you'll find the following commentary on the state of the market as interesting as I do:

Experts say Vancouver's housing market unlikely to face significant price correction

According to BMO, the housing bubble is really a balloon that will deflate slowly.

Courtesy of Maclean's magazine, advice on buying & selling in a cooling housing market (hint: don't try to time the market)

The Financial Post's perspective is that perhaps you shouldn't lock into a fixed rate mortgage quite yet

Here are some home reno investments that have proven to return their value, or close to it

Mike Holmes from HGTV has some great tips this month:  Good builder = quality home, and important differences between contractors that build new vs renovation contractors

And for something completely different, here's the top 10 countries to retire abroad (with photos, of course)

The top 3 reasons to visit my website!