When is the Best Time to Sell your Vancouver Home? – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

When is the Best Time to Sell your Vancouver Home? – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker This is a very popular and common question which many people ask both their real estate agent and their Vancouver mortgage broker. The answer varies and is sometimes even hotly debated among the professionals. Clearly, some people favour […]

Is Selling Your Home During the Holidays a Good or Bad Idea? – Ask a Vancouver mortgage Broker

Is Selling Your Home During the Holidays a Good or Bad Idea? – Ask a Vancouver mortgage Broker This a very common question. Clearly there are some good point and some bad points about either putting your house on the market or leaving out there if you already have it listed. It actually depends on […]

Buying a Vancouver Condominium – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Buying a Vancouver Condominium – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker Condominiums are a hot ticket item these days in the Vancouver real estate market. The condominium market is slightly different from the housing market as there are some extra things to keep in mind if you plan to go this route. Like real estate, […]

6 Tips on Buying a Home in Vancouver – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

6 Tips on Buying a Home in Vancouver – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker Buying a home in Vancouver is probably the largest and most important investment that most people make in their lifetime. You want to get the best possible deal and the last thing you want is to have to spend a […]

Why you Should Avoid FSBO – By your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Why you Should Avoid FSBO – By your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker What does FSBO mean? It means For Sale By Owner and can be a costly mistake. Some people think it might be a clever idea to sell the home on their own. The main reason they do so is to avoid paying the […]

Brokers at par with banks on new mortgages – CAAMP. – Consult a Vancouver Mortgage Broker for more information

Broker gripes aside, the new mortgage rules may have helped them grow market share, with CAAMP’s latest report suggesting brokers are now even Stephen with banks in terms of new mortgage originations. Of consumers who consulted mortgage professionals, 47 per cent of 2,000 respondents obtaining mortgages this year did so through a bank, while 47 […]

10 Quick Quotes from CAAMP’s Econ Panel

10 Quick Quotes from CAAMP’s Econ Panel This year’s CAAMP economic roundtable in Vancouver included chief economists from Scotiabank (Warren Jestin), National Bank (Stephane Marion) and Laurentian Bank (Carlos Leitao). Most of their discussion revolved around risk in some way or another. Here’s a quick rundown of 10 comments they made that stuck out: “The biggest risk […]

Basic Vancouver Home Security Tips – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Basic Vancouver Home Security Tips – From your Friendly Vancouver Mortgage Broker There’s nothing worst than finding out your home has been robbed or something you value has been stolen from your home. It’s an unfortunate fact of life here in the big city of Vancouver, but take it from a Vancouver mortgage broker, there’s […]

Association grows its reach- Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Atlantic Canada is edging closer to real regulation, with the Nova Scotia government now eyeing the region’s fledgling association as a provider of basic broker education even as another province appears to drag its heels. “The province has indicated that MBAAC (Mortgage Brokers Association of Atlantic Canada) will be an approved provider of the minimum education requirement […]

New Mortgage Rules Take Effect November 1, 2012 – From you Vancouver Mortgage Broker

New Mortgage Rules Take Effect November 1, 2012 – From you Vancouver Mortgage Broker November 1 is the day when the new mortgage regulations are put out by Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI). These mortgage regulations are called the B-20 guidelines and apply to any mortgage lender which is federally regulated. […]

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