Math isn’t for everyone but that’s why we have been blessed with digital and physical machines to help us crunch the complicated numbers. If you are looking to take out a mortgage sometime soon, know what you’ll be signing up for with our mortgage payment calculator. Understanding your mortgage payments is an important part of…
Heavy restrictions are making it difficult for people to make life changing decisions such as buying a house this winter. However, if you’re a qualified buyer, you could definitely consider it! Canadians will be spending more time at home this 2021 winter – living, working, studying, playing, working out, and so on. Is there really…
At the end of 2020, the CREA released its latest resale housing market forecast, which revealed that — despite turbulent spring months — homebuyers are on track to set a record for the last calendar yesr, with some 544,413 homes projected to change hands by December 31, an 11.1% increase from 2019 levels. Subsequently, the national…
The mortgage deferral rate is on the decline according to the CMHC. In their quarterly financial report released November 27, the CMHC reported it had deferrals on 5% of its entire portfolio of insured mortgages since September 30. That’s a decline from approximately 8% in August. The active mortgage deferral rates as of September 30 was 4%…
This summer, the housing market nationwide was better than anticipated; but we shouldn’t let it give us too much hope. Experts believe we won’t see the full effects of the pandemic on Canada’s real estate market until later this year. The upcoming reality check could be a painful one, according to a report on Canadian housing and mortgage…
It doesn’t really get easier with the real estate market during this pandemic. Less homes on sale, lower prices, and this latest to name a few! But what makes it more complicated with refinancing? They are uninsurable, so the lending risk sits squarely with the lenders; whereas purchase transactions facilitate changes of ownership, and the…
The 3rd month of 2020 was probably the strangest ever experienced in our modern history; and we’re not talking about strange weather here. The world we live in dramatically changed from one week to another, leaving many people and industries lost as what would happen next. Some interesting and useful interviews from the CREA, economists…
We begin March with a much longer read, but hold on tight… it’s important and mostly good news! After a long ‘protest’ and waiting time, policy-makers are finally righting a wrong in the mortgage market! As of the 6th April, Canadians applying for default-insured mortgages will no longer have to go through the infamous “stress test.”…
Canada’s mortgage market finished the last decade in quite the way! From the plunge in interest rates, to the late-year surge in mortgage growth to the growing influence of online discount mortgage lenders, it was a year of milestones. This year will probably have its own twists. But what do experts think might happen? Here…
Looking for a new home is not easy. Getting the money for it is even harder. The process to getting that money is long; and difficult. That’s why most first-time homebuyers need a bit of help to find their new space. A real estate agent can help with the easier part; and that’s where we…
