How to Insulate Your Basement Walls – From Your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

How to Insulate Your Basement Walls – From Your Vancouver Mortgage Broker Older Vancouver homes often come with unfinished basements. Many people like to use their basements more efficiently by adding some rooms for additional family use. Even if your basement is small and you use it for utility purposes only, it’s a good idea to insulate the basement in […]

Finding Vancouver Mortgages Is Stressful

Finding Vancouver Mortgages Is Stressful A recent poll conducted by ING Direct and Angus Reid was just released. This survey revealed nearly 66% of Canadians and those seeking Vancouver mortgage who were questioned do not find the process of obtaining their mortgage to be all that easy or uncomplicated. In fact, a mere 7% of […]

What first-time buyers really need: affordable housing prices – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

What first-time buyers really need: affordable housing prices DIANNE NICE The Globe and Mail  While mortgage brokers are pressing the federal government to bring back 30-year mortgages and give first-time buyers a bigger tax break, Globe and Mail readers are not convinced that easing mortgage rules is the answer to the problem. When the Globe and Mail […]

Let’s put real estate overvalution in perspective – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Let’s put real estate overvalution in perspective Canadian real estate is overvalued by 20%. This doesn’t mean your home is worth 20% less. If prices do drop, it will be closer to 10%, and in certain parts of the country it’s already happening. More than a few media headlines are focusing on Canada’s overvalued real […]

Six real estate myths debunked – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

  Ann Hannah, Don R. Campbell and Ron Abraham By Toby Welch “There are so many real estate myths out there that people take as being the gospel,” says Ron Abraham, president of the Ontario Real Estate Association. REM recently asked three people in the industry about some of these real estate perceptions. 1. Houses […]

Finding a mortgage has never been easier – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Finding a mortgage has never been easier The Internet can offer homebuyers every possible option A Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals survey found 47% of people who took out a new mortgage in 2012 used a broker. Photograph by: Tyler Anderson, National Post Files , Financial Post Canadians may finally be grasping the obvious when […]

Spring Mortgage Wars for Vancouver Home Mortgages? – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Spring Mortgage Wars for Vancouver Home Mortgages? That’s the big question that many people in the mortgage business are asking themselves these days. There is no doubt that mortgage lending has slowed somewhat because of the recent rule changes made by the Feds in the mortgage industry. So, what’s in store for Vancouver home mortgages […]

Home Exterior Improvements – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Home Exterior Improvements – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Does your home have curb appeal? The exterior of your home makes the first big impression that potential buyers see when they get the first glimpse of your home. You can take it from this Vancouver mortgage broker that a first impression can set the […]

Deck Building Tips – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Deck Building Tips – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Spring is about to arrive as folks in Vancouver get ready to fire up their barbeques. It’s time to give the deck a once over and see how it fared after another seasonal bout of rain and that dreaded white stuff. You can take it […]

Urban Mortgages on an Extreme Budget – Ever wondered what kind of mortgage you can get on minimum wage in a big city? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Ever wondered what kind of mortgage you can get on minimum wage in a big city?  Minimum wage in Canada ranges from $9.75 per hour in Alberta to $11 in Nunavut. In Ontario and BC, it’s $10.25. Using standard insured lending guidelines, someone earning even $11 per hour and working 40 hours a week could […]

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