Courtesy of the Financial Post Andrew Allentuck, Financial Post  Published: Thursday, May 06, 2010 Taking on a mortgage is a big commitment. Every buyer who uses a mortgage has the choice of floating or going with a fixed rate that often costs a couple of percentage points higher per year. Today, for example, one can get […]

CMHC Survey – Revisited 0 Comment(s) > TORONTO, May 4 /JAC/ – The recent CMHC “The 2010 Mortgage Consumer Survey” provides some interesting numbers relating to lender loyalty at renewal time and mortgage broker market share, with more than half of British Columbia home buyers utilizing the services of a mortgage broker. The Survey in […]

  April 28th 2010 Royal Bank has raised its mortgage rates three times in a month and other banks are following suit. What does this mean for your mortgage? Here’s advice for those who are taking out a mortgage or renewing in the next few months. Q: Now that rates are rising, should I lock […]

The Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010   Interest rates are rising – we all get that – but it looks like the Big Banks are pushing things a bit with mortgages.   After a pair of increases in the past two weeks, the posted Big Bank five-year fixed mortgage rate now […]

  Garry Marr, Financial Post   A new survey says more than four out of five home buyers feel comfortable with their debt, but another hike in interest rates might get Canadians squirming next time they’re polled. Canada and Mortgage and Housing Corp. surveyed 2,503 mortgage consumers between Feb. 11 and Feb. 28 and found […]

  Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Inflationary pressures in Canada eased considerably last month, putting into question expectations that the Bank of Canada will be raising interest rates in a matter of weeks. Statistics Canada reported Friday that Canada’s annual inflation rate slipped by two-tenths of a point to 1.4 per cent, and […]

Possible rise in mortgage rates pitting couples against one another Steve Ladurantaye and Carly Weeks From Saturday’s Globe and Mail When Rae Whitton started house shopping with Dan Madge last year, she agreed to a variable mortgage rate after their broker explained rates were likely to remain low until spring, at which point they could […]

Good Morning Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent; removes conditional commitment We suspect prime to to rise in 2010 and 2011 to bring us back to 2007 levels moving forward. For as long as interest rates have been recorded 88% of the time people pay less interest with a variable rate, […]

Below is an article from the Canadian press, the major points that have not been noted in this article are As Canadians we only have had the privillage of purchasing a rental property with less then a 20% down payment for the last 3 years, so prior to this investors often placed down 25-35% of the purchase […]

Pain in Australia is a peek at what’s to come Published on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 The Globe and Mail Report on Business   berman@globeandmail.com For a glimpse of what the future may feel like in the Great White North, look Down Under. Faced with a jumping housing market, a steadily improving job market and […]