How to Pay Off Your Mortgage Faster
When it comes to homeownership, many of us dream of the day we will be mortgage-free. While most mortgages operate on a 25-year...
What the heck is an insured mortgage?!
All industries are full of jargon and the mortgage industry is no different. Because of a slew of rule changes over the last few years...
First Time Home Buyers and The Federal Budget
Yesterday the Finance Minister announced this year's Federal Budget and considering that this is an election year a lot of us were...
Bank of Canada Rate Announcement
The Bank of Canada announced this morning that they will be holding the target overnight rate steady at 1.75%. What does this mean? It...
3 Steps to Applying for a Mortgage
So, you want to buy a house and get a mortgage? Fantastic! You're in the right place. My job is to help you get that mortgage. You're...
Mortgage Basics: Interest Rate
Interest rates, where to start! This is often the center of a borrowers focus and in today's lending environment one of the hardest...
Mortgage Basics: Term
Next up in our Mortgage Basics series is term. The term is the period of time in which you are committing to an interest rate and all of...
Mortgage Basics: Amortization
In this blog series we're going to take it back to basics and talk about what role each element of a mortgage plays. Amortization can be...
5 Reasons Why Mortgage Brokers are THE BEST
So you want to know more about using a mortgage broker? That’s fantastic! Personally I think mortgage brokers are AWESOME! Ok maybe I’m a...