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The Ten Commandments of Buying a Home
Here are some tips for anyone that has been approved for a mortgage. Once you have been approved and provided all of your supporting documents to your mortgage broker there are some guidelines to follow to ensure that you do not run into any problems with your...
Canadian First Time Home Buyer Incentive Program
On September 2, 2019 the federal government launched a new program called First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FTHBI). The program is for interested first-time home buyers to help ease the carrying cost of a mortgage. The program offers buyers up to 10% of the purchase...
Fixed vs Variable…How do you Choose?
The age-old question…do I go variable or fixed? Fixed mortgage rates are more popular and represent about 70% of all mortgages in Canada. With a fixed rate mortgage, you can “set it and forget it” as you are protected against interest rate fluctuations, so your...
Is Refinancing a Good Idea? The Right (and Wrong) Time to Refinance
Do you want to reduce your monthly mortgage payments, get cash from your home equity, or get a better rate on your mortgage? It may be time to think about refinancing your mortgage. A 2018 study found that 47 percent of Canadians may need to take on more debt to pay...
5 Common Mistakes Made When Buying Your First Home
Are you ready to buy your first home? There's a lot more to the process than you might think, so make sure you avoid these common mistakes home buyers often make. Recent research has shown that first-time home buyers make up about 65 percent of all home buyers. Even...
Changes in the 2019 Federal Budget Pertaining to Mortgages
They call it “An Affordable Place to Call Home”. There are 2 key factors in this recent budget to be implemented September 2019: First change is to allow First Time Home buyers to now withdraw up to 35K from their RRSP’s. This is an increase from the previous limit...