How to make money investing in real estate – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Rob Thompson,Special to Financial Post |  This article appears in the September edition of the Financial Post Magazine. Visit the iTunes store to download the iPad edition of this month’s issue. Don Campbell thinks everyone should consider real estate. Of course, you’d expect him to think that given his firm has advised clients on real estate purchases of […]

No ugly downturn for condo market, even in Toronto: Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

TARA PERKINS – REAL ESTATE REPORTER The Globe and Mail A new report from the Conference Board of Canada predicts that the much-watched condo sector will avoid an ugly downturn, even in Toronto. Economists and policy-makers are keeping a close eye on condos, especially in the country’s most populous city, where cranes dot the sky. A […]

No more tightening needed after measures averted housing bubble: Flaherty – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he isn’t planning new measures to restrain the country’s housing market because his past four rounds of action have already worked to avoid a bubble. ‘A tale of two markets’: Condominium prices falling while low-rise homes continue to soar A housing crash based on the type of home you have? […]

How ‘affordable housing’ became an oxymoron – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

ROB CARRICK– The Globe and Mail–  Housing affordability in Canada is as alive as the chances of the Toronto Blue Jays making the baseball playoffs and the appeal of eating a Cronut burger. Housing was just barely affordable before mortgage rates started climbing earlier this summer. Now, with the popular five-year fixed rate up roughly two-thirds […]

Top 6 real estate scams – and how to avoid them – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

CHRISTOPHER MYRICK The following article is from Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine. Fraud and investment scams abound at all levels of the real estate market – whether it be a contractor who charges hundreds of dollars for work not done to an “investment agent” who embezzles hundreds of millions – protecting yourself can require a measure […]

Canada’s real housing crisis: Extreme weather – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

BLAIR FELTMATE AND JASON THISTLEWAITE – The Globe and Mail Over the past three years, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney (now Governor of the Bank of England), tightened mortgage lending in an effort to avert a housing crisis that might otherwise result when interest rates rise. While their efforts were […]

Pick the right term, pay off mortgage faster – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Robert McLister is the editor of CanadianMortgageTrends.com and a mortgage planner at Verico IntelliMortgage, a mortgage brokerage. You can also follow him on twitter at @CdnMortgageNews The trick to making a mortgage disappear faster is to minimize your total borrowing cost. And nothing dictates total borrowing cost more than the term you chose. Picking the right term is even […]

‘Free’ loyalty rewards may cost you up to $520 a year – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Credit card swipe fees can add up for merchants and consumers. But surcharging may not be the solution. By: Dana Flavelle Economy, The average premium credit card generates more than $400 a year in indirect merchant swipe fees – all so you can collect so-called “free” rewards. That’s on top of the $120 a year annual fee […]

How to turn your property into a vacation rental- Ask a Vancouver Mortgage broker

Want to make a few extra bucks renting out your home when you’re out of town? Or maybe you have a cottage you’d like to rent out when you’re not using it. Here’s what you need to know to turn your property into a money-making vacation destination. Dropping off the keys All property owners have […]

Are bank online mortgage break-fee calculators reliable? Not always – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Are bank online mortgage break-fee calculators reliable? Not always ROBERT MCLISTER– Special to The Globe and Mail Getting a quote for the cost of breaking your mortgage early – and understanding it – hasn’t always been easy. That was supposed to change last year when the Finance Department compelled banks to put penalty calculators and guidelines […]

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