A score to settle You’d be surprised what they’re using your credit score for.

by David Hodges  In his 13 years as an insurance broker Bryan Yetman has regularly witnessed the havoc credit scores wreak on consumers. No case, however, unsettled the past president of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) more than that of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer while in the midst of a divorce a […]

CMHC offering tailored outlooks for various Canadian markets – Mortgage Broker, Vancouver

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is offering a number of housing outlook conferences in various Canadian cities; each offering a useful and practical information session that will help brokers understand trends unique to each market. “CMHC’s Housing Outlook Conferences offer access to timely, reliable and unbiased information,” Sam Carnovale, CMHC Key Account Manager, Brokers […]

Where to buy now- We tell you exactly which neighbourhoods are set to skyrocket in value.

“Double, double, toil and trouble.” Written over 400 years ago by the Bard, this phrase from Shakespeare’s infamously dark play, Macbeth, could just as easily describe Canada’s real estate market in recent years. On one side, there are international economists—and their much publicized reports—declaring the market to be overvalued and due for a sudden, corrective […]

Recognizing red flags for new homes – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Buyers of new homes should do their homework and be wary of builders who promise too much, says the man overseeing Ontario‘s regulator for home builders. Tarion president and chief executive officer Howard Bogach is touring the province to promote the corporation’s work and warn of illegal building practices. The Ontario government created Tarion Warranty […]

Flaherty threatens action – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he will step in to intervene once more if the housing market appears to move toward a bubble. “I’m comfortable with where we are, but we have to watch and, if we see anything moving toward a bubble, we can intervene,” Flaherty said in an interview with BNN Television this week. “It’s […]

Luxury home sales expected to climb: study – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Sales of luxury homes will likely gain momentum in the fall, fuelled by demand from international investors, according a new report from real estate sales and marketing company Sotheby’s International Realty Canada. The company said Tuesday that sales of high-end homes worth at least $1 million were up in major Canadian urban markets in the […]

Canada’s two largest real estate markets are surging – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Home sales in Canada’s two largest cities continued their surge in August from a year earlier. Why real estate doomsayers continue to be wrong Still believe Canada’s housing market is going to implode? You’re not alone, but it hasn’t happened yet. Read more Sales in Toronto, the largest market, rose 21% from August last year to […]

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? […]

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