Three Summer Tips

Three Summer Tips

Your home is likely your most valuable asset and may be the solution to your financial problems. Are you caught on the ‘never-never plan’? Making minimum payments on credit card debt? Achieve financial wellbeing by consolidating your debt at manageable rates. Cut up...
Firm or conditional offer: what’s right for you?

Firm or conditional offer: what’s right for you?

Q: We are house hunting this spring and conventional wisdom tells us we should make our offer to purchase a home conditional upon certain terms – that the home pass a home inspection within five business days of the offer, for example. But what about in a competitive...
How Can I Pay Off My Mortgage Faster?

How Can I Pay Off My Mortgage Faster?

Question: I have been coasting along with my mortgage payments, and now I want to kick it into high gear. If I am looking to get a new mortgage or renew the one I have, what kind of research should I do to make sure I can pay off my mortgage faster? Shop around – and...
Tempered Rate Hike Forecasts for 2019

Tempered Rate Hike Forecasts for 2019

Floating-rate mortgage holders who had feared the Bank of Canada’s recent full-steam-ahead view towards continued rate hikes can take a breather—at least for now. The central bank adopted a more dovish stance at last month’s rate hold announcement, which...
INDUSTRY NEWS – October 5, 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS – October 5, 2018

Back in 2013, the B-20 rules as underwriting guidelines for residential mortgages came into effect. The rules were put in place as a direct response to the financial issues in the United States caused by “poor mortgage lending practices”...