Can Vancouver Home Mortgages Still be Obtained with Low Down Payments? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Can Vancouver Home Mortgages Still be Obtained with Low Down Payments? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker The answer is yes. Vancouver home mortgages can still be found even if you don’t have much in the way of savings for a down payment. It’s a lot tougher than it was just a few years ago […]

Buying New Windows for Older Vancouver Homes (Part 2) – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Buying New Windows for Older Vancouver Homes (Part 2) – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker Choosing the right replacement window can be a more involved project than you might think. Windows come in variety of designs and use many different materials and properties. Here, we will give some helpful hints so that you can not […]

Canadians can still buy a house without saving their pennies – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

It would seem that regulators want to dissuade Canadians from buying homes with nothing down. Yet despite all of the recent changes, buyers can still get into the real estate market with little cash on hand. Ottawa did away with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp .-insured 100 per cent financing back in 2008. Home buyers with few […]

Using a HELOC as a 2nd Mortgage – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Using a HELOC as a 2nd Mortgage What is a HELOC and how can you use it as a 2nd mortgage? What are the pros and cons of using a HELOC? This article will give a better understanding of how and whether you might want to apply for a HELOC. The term HELOC simply means […]

Do Single Home Buyers Face More Challenges Than Couples? – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Do Single Home Buyers Face More Challenges Than Couples? – From your Friendly Mortgage Broker If you’re a single person and thinking of buying a home, you might be wondering if it’s time to buy a home and what sort of obstacles you could face when applying for a mortgage. As a Vancouver mortgage broker, […]

Buying New Windows for Older Vancouver Homes – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Buying New Windows for Older Vancouver Homes – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker As a Vancouver mortgage broker we can tell you that if you have an older home, one of the better home renovation projects you might consider is replacing your old windows. This renovation project can not only give you a good […]

Why the housing market won’t crash in 2013

The 12-month change in the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index has decelerated in recent months to 3.4 per cent, led by declines in Vancouver (-1.4 per cent) and Victoria (-1.7 per cent). Some people interpret this weakness as a sign that a housing crash has started – see, for example, the Canadian Business article “Canada’s […]

Pest Control Tips – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Pest Control Tips – From your  Vancouver Mortgage Broker Vancouver, as all of you who live here well know, has the best of three worlds. This includes our beautiful ocean, a sophisticated and thriving metropolis, and the spectacular vista of some of the most awesome natural scenery and wildlife available. One problem that this Vancouver […]

Energy Saving Appliances – Home Series – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Energy Saving Appliances – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker The one bill that many homeowners in Vancouver dread receiving each month is the hydro bill. There’s one other thing this Vancouver mortgage broker can also say about your hydro bills is that this is one household expense that is unlikely to be getting any cheaper. […]

The Rules have Changed for Vancouver Revenue Property

The Rules have Changed for Vancouver Revenue Property It wasn’t so long ago that you could buy a rental unit with virtually no money down and low interest rates to be used as revenue property in Vancouver. Times have changes drastically when it comes to buying revenue property in today’s mortgage market. Now, if were […]

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