Nov 25, 2015 | Home ownership, Mortgages
Mortgage Professionals Canada (formerly CAAMP) recently hired Bond Brand Loyalty (formerly Maritz) to survey 2,000 Canadian homeowners. In the survey, 45% of mortgage broker clients indicated that they were “very satisfied” with their mortgage experience, compared to...
Nov 18, 2015 | Home ownership, Inspections
Consider having any home you’re thinking of buying inspected by a knowledgeable and professional inspector. The home inspector’s role is to inform you on the property’s condition and will tell you if something is not functioning properly, needs to be changed, or is...
Oct 28, 2015 | Home ownership
A lawyer (or a notary in Quebec) will protect your legal interests, such as ensuring the property you want to buy doesn’t have any building or statutory liens or charges or work or clean‐up orders associated with it. When choosing a real estate lawyer, keep these 4...
Oct 7, 2015 | Home ownership
No one will play a more important role in helping you find a home than your real estate agent. Your real estate agent’s job is to get you into your ideal home based on your preferences. You could go out on your own, but here are 6 things a real estate agent can help...
Sep 23, 2015 | Home ownership, Mortgages
One of the biggest challenges to buying a home is finding one you like and that you can afford. You can make this process easier by doing a bit of preliminary homework to determine a ballpark range for what you can reasonably afford in a new mortgage. Here are 3...
Sep 9, 2015 | Home ownership, Interest rates, Mortgages
The Bank of Canada announced today that it’s holding its interest rate at 0.5%, accompanied by its continued message of modest economic growth this year. “The stimulative effects of previous monetary policy actions are working their way through the Canadian economy,”...
