Why cash rests in your home- Find a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Garry Marr |More from Garry Marr |  It’s become the new retirement savings plan — owning a home. What else is one to make of a country where about half of Canadians said they didn’t make a contribution to a registered retirement savings plan this year but close to 70% of households now own their home. Your […]

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 […]

What Canadians need to know about buying U.S. real estate

The financial crisis that began in 2007 with the breakdown of the U.S. residential mortgage market still persists for millions of Americans who have lost their houses, their jobs and all hope of a secure retirement. As a result, residential real estate prices in the hardest-hit areas such as California, Arizona, Nevada and Florida are […]

Buying a condo: New or resale?

When it comes to buying a condo, what’s a better investment? Buying one that’s already built and is being resold, or buying on the hype of a new building that’s yet to be constructed? Jana Masiewich considered both a resale and pre-construction condo before deciding that buying a condo prior to it being built presented […]

The Unlikely Retirement Savings Strategy

One of the best risk-adjusted investments you can make requires no commissions, no buying and selling and no management fees. According to a new studyfrom the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGAAC), the boring old mortgage prepaymentperforms better than most common retirement savings vehicles, including RRSPs. “…Single individuals and couples with no dependents may be better […]

10 ways to be a better saver and investor

By Alison Griffiths Happy birthday Moneyville! For the past year, it has been chock-a-block with practical ideas for saving money and spending wisely. For me, one of the best aspects to Moneyville’s first year has been the tremendous response from you readers with your own financial suggestions and experiences. In keeping with Moneyville’s theme of […]

The ‘thrill’ of buying a house

William Hanley, Financial Post · Apr. 21, 2011 You walk into the open house, take one look and say to yourself: This is it. It’s the house I have to live in. Where do I pay? A bidding war? I’m in. Over my years of buying houses, I never bought one that did not have […]

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