The Canadian dream of home ownership is usually focused on the beginning: the search for and acquisition of a house. But sometimes the dream becomes nightmare, when you lose your house and the bank or some other creditor takes it and sells it off. There are signs that worst case scenario is happening more often as the Toronto-area real estate market continues to cool. It happened to Cynthia McLuckie and her husband, Brian, who had been trying to sell their custom-built Caledon dream home at... [read more]