Preparing an Older Vancouver Home for Sale (Part 1) – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Preparing an Older Vancouver Home for Sale (Part 1) – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Selling an older home in Vancouver may require a few renovations to make it look more appealing to potential buyers. Styles have changed considerably so it can well be worth your while to reflect those changes. You can take […]

Explaining Property Disclosures in Vancouver – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Explaining Property Disclosures in Vancouver – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broke Every home has its own unique quirks. Unfortunately, some of these quirks translate into health and safety issues for a potential home buyer. As a Vancouver mortgage broker, we understand that it is important to learn everything about the home you’re thinking of buying, because it is a huge […]

Are You Using Your Home for your Retirement Income? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Are You Using Your Home for your Retirement Income Many people who bought a home use to expect that they would pay off their mortgage before they retired and would apply that equity to fund their retirement. Surprisingly, for many people, especially for those who are in the 50 plus age bracket, this is not going to […]

Brighten Your Home with Lighting Fixtures – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Brighten Your Home with Lighting Fixtures – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Many people don’t really give to much thought to the existing lighting fixtures when they move into a home. But, you can take from this Vancouver mortgage broker that the right lighting fixtures can really enhance the ambience and appeal of a home to […]

How to make Your Home Renovations Pay Off – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

How to make Your Home Renovations Pay Off – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Renovating your Vancouver home can involve a major outlay of cash. If you’re planning to sell your house and want to recoup your investment, then you need to do some careful planning beforehand. As a Vancouver mortgage broker, the right […]

Vancouver Home Mortgages – Choosing Between 1 Year or 5 Year Fixed Rate – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Vancouver Home Mortgages – Choosing Between 1 Year or 5 Year Fixed Rate Lenders are motivated to push the 5 year fixed rate, and forecasters are predicting that rates for Vancouver home mortgages will rise in the spring of 2014. But, on the other hand these same forecasters have been doing that for 3 straight […]

Should mortgage shoppers choose the 1 or 5-year fixed rate? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

ROBERT MCLISTER– Special to The Globe and Mail Mortgage rate predictions are as often wrong as they are right. Yet, many mortgage shoppers believe that these forecasts give them an edge. Unfortunately, rate expectations sometimes prevent people from picking the lowest-cost mortgage. For instance, those who believe rates can only rise could ignore shorter terms. It […]

IRD Clarity Has Cometh – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

IRD Clarity Has Cometh In March 2012, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada(FCAC) announced improvements to the disclosure of mortgage prepayment charges. Those improvements were designed to make life easier for people needing to assess the cost of an early refinance or mortgage termination. The first set of enhancements arrived by last September. Among other things, they required banks to […]

More on the New Bulk Insurance Restrictions- Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

More on the New Bulk Insurance Restrictions Last week’s federal budget included few mortgage changes. One exception was a new proposal to restrict the use of default insurance on low-ratiomortgages (i.e., those with 20% or more equity). The Department of Finance says it will gradually prohibit lenders from bulk insuring low-ratio mortgages unless those mortgages are part of a CMHC-backedsecuritization program. In addition, the government […]

Flaherty’s budget gets ‘C’ grade from 57% of business community, survey says

OTTAWA • The Conservative government’s Budget 2013 barely eked out a passing grade from Canada’s business operators, according to an Ernst & Young survey. The poll found 57% of respondents thought the document deserved a “C” grade at best, while 43% gave it a “B” or slightly higher. “Not unlike the Canadian political scene itself, […]

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