Brantford Bankruptcy Rate Drops

March 28, 2011

As I reported earlier this month in my post on the Face of Bankruptcy in Brantford, high debt levels lead to bankruptcy.  But just how many people go bankrupt in Brantford? The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy reports that in 2010 337 residents of Brantford declared bankruptcy, and a further 225 people filed a [...]

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The Face of Bankruptcy in Brantford

March 2, 2011

What does the typical person who files bankruptcy in Brantford look like? As reported in an article in The Brant News titled The Face of Bankruptcy my firm just released a study where we profile a person we call “Joe Debtor”, the average person who who files a consumer proposal or bankruptcy in Ontario. Jason [...]

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Bankruptcy Rate Drops in Brantford

August 26, 2010

In the first six months of 2010, 306 residents of the City of Brantford filed a consumer proposal or personal bankruptcy. If that pace of filing remains consistent for the balance of this year that would project out to 612 filings for the year, which would be about 13% less than the 701 filings in [...]

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Brantford Movie Night

August 19, 2010

Every Thursday night during July and August Harmony Square in downtown Brantford hosts a free Movie Night.  The movies are geared towards kids of all ages.  Tonight’s movie is Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and I’m happy to announce that my firm, Hoyes, Michalos & Associates, is the sponsor for the movie today. Here’s my [...]

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CKPC Interview: Will Higher Interest Rates Impact Brantford Residents?

July 20, 2010

This morning I did a live interview on CKPC New Country AM 1380 here in Brantford; the station now has “all news mornings”, and they wanted a local perspective on interest rates.  This morning the Bank of Canada announced that they are increasing the Bank of Canada lending rate by .25%. A quarter of one [...]

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