Tips to Find a Trusted Vancouver Contractor – From Your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Tips to Find a Trusted Vancouver Contractor – From Your Vancouver Mortgage Broker We’ve all heard of horror stories about those fly-by-night contractors, and the ones that made a real mess of a home owner’s pet project. It could be a small job such as a deck or a major renovation or repair, but whatever you have in […]

Questions to Ask a Vancouver Home Inspector – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Questions to Ask a Vancouver Home Inspector – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker No matter what kind of home you plan on buying, either a newly built home or an older home, it’s a good idea to hire a home inspector to make sure you’re not buying a lemon. Take it from aVancouvermortgage broker who […]

Home Improvement Projects to Add Value to Your Home – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Home Improvement Projects to Add Value to Your Home – From Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Thinking of selling yourVancouverhome?  Or, maybe you’re trying to sell it, but it’s just not moving.  Well, I got a great suggestion to help you achieve your goal.  Some homes, especially older ones, could you use a little pick-me-up. […]

Mortgage-Related Trends on Google – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Almost one-third of Canadians do all of theirmortgage research online, according to CMHC. That indicates how important Google has become to consumers, lenders and mortgage brokers. To get a better sense of mortgage trends on the world’s biggest search engine, we spoke recently with David Resnick. Resnick is Head of Industry – Financial Services at Google and […]

Is it time to regulate road reps? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Should bank road reps come under industry regulation? This is the question some brokers are asking as the heated debate onroad reps appropriating the mortgage broker title continues to a simmer. “I think this is the perfect time to look into having road reps licensed and regulated,” said Brian Lambert, broker with Real Mortgage Associates in Barrie, Ont. […]

Mortgages and loans – harder for the self-employed?

NANCY CARR Special to The Globe and Mai Published Monday, Oct. 01 2012, 12:10 PM EDT As a self-employed website developer who had recently restructured his business, Greg Schmidt knew that refinancing his mortgage wasn’t going to be a piece of cake. “I had a little bit of a line of credit built up from shifting the […]

Be Loyal & Don’t Shop: A Recipe for Overpaying

Be Loyal & Don’t Shop: A Recipe for Overpaying Big banks love mortgage consumers who don’t carefully comparison shop. They also enjoy capitalizing on their “home bank” advantage with existing customers. The article that follows examines recently-released research on these topics. It’s a revealing look at how big lenders benefit significantly from things like mortgage “search costs” […]

Hurdles Rise for Entry-Level Buyers

Residential real estate relies on first-time buyers, like McDonalds relies on kids loving hamburgers. We need constant demand from young people to keep home prices on the incline. So what happens when it gets harder for fledgling buyers to qualify for the same priced house? With other things equal, prices should drop to meet that new […]

Online Marketing for Brokers – New Broker Rankings Indicate Trend

New Broker Rankings Indicate Trend Broker rankings for 2011 were recently released by CMP. As is typical, most of the industry’s brokers (including many Vancouver mortgage brokers) have been left out; many simply aren’t willing to submit their deals to the survey. Regardless of the exclusions, it does provide some insight into the brokerages of […]

How to Take Advantage of Readvanceable Mortgages

How to Take Advantage of Readvanceable Mortgages Back in the year 1999, Warner Bros. released a motion picture called, “The Matrix”. The film proceeded to meet critical acclaim for being innovative and forward thinking. It was a game changer as far as filming style was concerned. If you’ll bear with me for a minute, there […]

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