Separation, Divorce and Your Mortgage Separation and divorce can impact a family on many levels including financially. It’s a stressful process for all...
Author - Candace Perko
2023 Mortgage Renewals “Let’s face it, we are well into a housing affordability crisis. Canadians’ biggest expense every month is keeping a roof over their...
Managing Your Money When Interest Rates Rise: Summarized from: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada When a rise in interest rates may affect you A rise in...
What is best for you? Rent vs Buy … or? Should you rent or should you buy a home? It’s a good question, but with no clear answer. Upside to Buying Offers...
Highlights of the NEW Tax-Free First Home Savings Account (TFHS) As of April 1, 2023, the government’s new program for first-time buyers, the Tax Free First...
Semi-Annual State of the Housing Market Report Canadians anxious about home-buying, unpredictable market and affordability: mortgage survey. Mortgage...
10 Mortgage Trivia Facts These trivia facts of mortgage knowledge are not only interesting, but they may save you money, too! #1 It’s your Death Pledge. The...
Canada’s Foreign Buyer Ban An excellent summary of this new prohibition from my professional association, Mortgage Professionals Canada (MPC). I have...
To lock in or not? On December 7, the Bank of Canada made another 50-basis-point increase to its benchmark rate in its final policy rate announcement of the...
Mortgage borrowing tips for homebuyers November was Financial Literacy Month in Canada. To help celebrate this occasion our colleagues at the Financial...