Who Can You Trust?
Three people to whom you can confide everything: a) Your Priest b) Your Doctor c) Your INDEPENDENT Mortgage Broker… not your Bank!
Stories from the Battle Front: Choose the Right Mortgage Broker
A client of ours recently wrote about their experience for others to benefit: “For us, dealing with someone we trusted who had extensive experience in the mortgage lending field was a necessity. Having worked in financial services for a while,…
ARM Mortgages Making A Comeback
As we get further away from the financial crisis of 2007/08 and the economy of the U.S. continues to get back on track we will slowly see interest rate pricing normalize for mortgages. This means that the difference in the…
Beware the IRD Mortgage Penalty
IRD, a home owner’s most feared three letter acronym! Clients looking to refinance their existing mortgage to lower their rate or moving to a new property, run into this term every time, especially these days. The size of an IRD (interest rate…
The Perfect Loan File
Mark Greene, Forbes When I was a kid, my father occasionally issued directives that I naturally thought were superfluous, and when asked why I needed to do whatever it was he wanted me to do, his answer was often: “Because…
Converting Your Adjustable/Variable Rate Mortgage
Know Your Mortgage Before You Sign on the Dotted Line A client friend called me today to see if it was a good time to convert her adjustable rate mortgage into a fixed rate. She told me that her sister…
Is It Wise to Draw Equity from Your Property?
Is it wise to draw equity from your property to: Buy real estate? Go on vacation? Invest in RSP’s? Invest in non-RSP’s? Spend on education? Consolidate debt? These are a sample of the most popular questions that are asked us…
Significant Statistics
Prudence Paying Off For Canadian Mortgage Borrowers – Spring 2010 • There are approximately 9.3 million homeowners in Canada, including about 5.55 million with mortgages. • Almost 80 per cent of young borrowers have opted for a fixed rate mortgage…
Tal Talks Recovery, Dismisses Housing Bubble at CAAMP Session
Benjamin Tal kept an optimistic tone during his talk at the annual CAAMP conference, saying the recession is over, business bankruptcies are down, and key interest rates in Canada could remain low well into next year depending on when U.S….
Don’t Handcuff Your Mortgage
Garry Marr, Financial Post Would you like to pay an extra $300 per month on your mortgage? Not likely. That hasn’t stopped a number of Canadians, with the deal of a lifetime on a variable-rate mortgage, from switching over to…
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