Fixer-uppers not for the faint-of-heart – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

When Eileen Muzzin and her partner, Dan Pedersen, were searching for a home in Vancouver, they knew they wouldn’t be buying a place with granite countertops or a peekaboo view. With a modest budget – by Vancouver standards – they ultimately decided on a fixer-upper on the city’s east side. The couple got a 2,000-square-foot […]

‘HGTV effect’ pushes home renovation spending to record $63-billion – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

TORONTO • It could be just the impact of all those home-renovation television programs, but Canadians are fixing up their properties like never before, according to a new report. 5 questions to help you decide whether to rent or buy a home While there’s no universal ‘right’ answer, start your decision process by asking yourself […]

From dream home to nightmare debt

Follow Dianne Nice on Twitter and Facebook Gail Vaz-Oxlade, host of the new HGTV show Til Debt Do Us Part: Home Edition, says one of the biggest challenges for home buyers is to go into the process with their eyes wide open. Too often they take on a mortgage that is too big and then can’t afford to […]