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Old 03-01-2013, 02:02 PM   #186
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Originally Posted by AMG_G View Post
$3,544 sad...yet half the boomers don't plan on downsizing their homes....how does that add up? Also, 1.8 million people took money out of their RRSP to buy a new home but 47% fail to make the annual repayments...Something's gotta give....Pay yourself first people.

http://www.canadianmortgagetrends.co...yers-plan.html
If the average Canadian is saving $3,544 annually, that's not that bad. The average salary in the country is $47,200 per year, so the average person is saving 7.5%. It's certainly not as much as I would recommend saving, but I honestly expected the number to be lower.
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