Are Automated Home Evaluations Too Risky? – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Are Automated Home Evaluations Too Risky? – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker How do automated evaluation systems such as emili which is used by CMHC, or Excel, which is used by Genworth, compare to the efficiency of human home appraisers? This Vancouver mortgage broker examines this interesting and challenging issue in more detail. This […]

Choosing Hardwood Floors for your Vancouver Home – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Choosing Hardwood Floors for your Vancouver Home – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker As a Vancouver mortgage broker, we can tell you that hardwood floors are very appealing to many buyers because of the character and panache they can give your home. Harwood floors are very stylish and, depending on their finish, can be […]

How to Clean you Outdoor Siding – from your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

How to Clean you Outdoor Siding – from your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Many homes these days have siding on them. When siding is first installed it most certainly makes your home appear pristine and fresh. However, over time siding falls prey to the elements and can experience some fading. Also, our homes can become […]

Top 2012 housing stories, from crash warnings to rent vs. buy – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Consumers must be getting tired of hearing the experts cry wolf about rising interest rates and a housing crash. Rates haven’t moved much if at all for most terms, if anything they’ve fallen and stayed put. Mortgages still hover around 3% for anyone willing to lock in for five years and consumers have been doing […]

Five Tips to Make your Vancouver Home Renovations Profitable – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Five Tips to Make your Vancouver Home Renovations Profitable – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Whether you’ve bought an older home or a newer home in Vancouver, there are certain remodelling and renovation projects that can add some real value to your home. By choosing the right projects, the money you invest in these […]

Moving Day Tips – From your Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Moving Day Tips – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker So, you just bought yourself a new home or condo and moving day is on the horizon.  The last thing you need when all the furniture and dozens of boxes are loaded into your new abode is trying to remember where you put something vital […]

Vancouver Home Security for the Holidays – By Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Vancouver Home Security for the Holidays – By Your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Are you taking off for the holidays for any length of time this year? If you are, then just remember that although it might be the season of ‘Good Will’, and we always hope to find the best in our fellow human […]

The Ongoing Debate of Fixed Versus Variable Vancouver Home Mortgages

The Ongoing Debate of Fixed Versus Variable Vancouver Home Mortgages If you ever want to get a rowdy conversation going then all you have to is blurt out – ‘Which is better – fixed or variable rate mortgages?’ When it comes toVancouverhome mortgages, you will get a host of different opinions from even the pros. It’s […]

The Repercussions of the New Mortgage Regulations – Consult a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

The Repercussions of the New Mortgage Regulations – Consult a Vancouver Mortgage Broker Well, we’ve all heard of the new mortgage changes and we’ve seen them come into effect, but have they really made any sort of impact on what’s happening out there in mortgage land? Did finance minister Flaherty succeed with what he intended with […]

Mortgage Brokerage Chiefs Speak Out

Mortgage Brokerage Chiefs Speak Out The heads of Canada’s largest mortgage brokerages spoke at the recently-concluded CAAMP Forum in Vancouver. They opined on industry risks, rates, broker attitudes and competition, among other hot topics. Here are the highlights… The Panel Five brokerage industry leaders participated: Michael Beckett (Mortgage Alliance), Colin Dreyer (VERICO), Martin Leedham (Visiting from the Australian […]

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