3 STEPS TO TAKE YOU FROM PRE-APPROVAL TO GETTING THE KEYS Picture this: You’ve finally been able to put away enough for a down-payment on your dream home. It’s taken you five years of diligent saving, but you did it! You have also been diligently working on improving your credit score and paying off debts […]

JUNE HOME SALES STOPPED DETERIORATING IN THREE WESTERN PROVINCES Statistics released late last week by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show that national home sales were little changed in June following gains in the prior three months. Housing activity remains well below levels recorded over much of 2015-2017–the boom years. As the chart below […]

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE B-20 GUIDELINES? A new survey has emerged showing that out of 1,901 owners and would be homeowners, 43% (more than two out of five) Canadians are not confident in their knowledge of the mortgage stress tests—despite them being in place for more than a year now. We wanted to give you a brief […]

REVERSE MORTGAGES – TRENDING NOW With approximately 1,000 people retiring every day in Canada, it’s not surprising that there has been an increased demand for Reverse Mortgages. A Reverse Mortgage can assist people aged 55+ to realize their dreams in retirement. Whether they want to travel, help their kids or grand kids or even just […]

3 STEPS TO TAKE YOU FROM PRE-APPROVAL TO GETTING THE KEYS Picture this: You’ve finally been able to put away enough for a down-payment on your dream home. It’s taken you five years of diligent saving, but you did it! You have also been diligently working on improving your credit score and paying off debts […]

MAY SHOWS SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN BC AND ALBERTA Statistics released late last week by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show that national home sales increased in May. Together with monthly gains in the previous two months, activity in May reached its highest level since early last year when the new B-20 stress testing […]

  BLOCKBUSTER APRIL JOBS REPORT SIGNALS THE ECONOMY HAS TURNED THE CORNER Canada posted a record job gain last month, along with a decline in the jobless rate and a pick-up in wages, providing the strongest signal yet that the economy is coming out of a six-month slowdown. Other data this week portend a rebound […]

1. Change your job.  You were qualified for your mortgage financing based on your income, years at the job and the understanding that you were there for a while. Changing jobs should be put off until after possession day. 2. Changing your name. Make sure that your identification and your name match. Do not change […]

WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CONSIDERING A REFINANCE Many of my clients and friends regularly ask me when or if they should consider a refinance. Here are 4 quick questions that I ask of them. The answer they give me, will very quickly tell me if we should be taking a deeper look at the […]

5 REASONS WHY REALTORS WANT YOU TO HAVE A PRE-APPROVAL You’ve decided that you want to buy a home and you call up a realtor to show you a listing and the first question they ask is “ How much are you pre-approved for?” Many realtors will refuse to book home viewings until they can […]