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As some of you know, on February 28th CMHC increased its Mortgage Insurance Premium. Here’s what it will mean to you when purchasing a home with a 5% down payment:   Loan Amount (Purchase Price) $150,000 $250,000 $350,000 $450,000 Current Premium $4,125 $6,875 $9,625...

What are the reasons for choosing a mortgage broker? If you are a Canadian homeowner or a buyer, stuck in stages of mortgage years, it may feel that all and sundry wants a piece of you. That is because mortgages are large. Lenders will entice you with low mortgage rates or...

During the cold weather months it always makes for slow months in the housing market. Who can really blame people for not wanting to march through the cold temperatures and ice-coated sidewalks over and over again to find their perfect home? We all know that spring is the time...

About a year and a half ago, I went on a mission to find a new money management software program. Up to this point, we had been using Simply Accounting and I felt that with each new version they make, it became more and more complicated. Money is important to everyone, and saving...

While most of us this holiday season are working around budgets and making sure we have enough left to pay our mortgages after our Christmas shopping is completed, Tom Crist of Calgary doesn’t have those worries anymore after recently winning a LottoMax $40 million jackpot…...

You know, as a mortgage broker, I sit back and watch a home buyers negotiate the best price for their new home. I see them counter back and forth sometimes over a very few thousand dollars, but when it comes to what really matters, I watch that same person go into the bank for a...