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Kids On The Move
Submitted by Mortgage Intelligence You’re moving! Join the club of Kids on the Move. Did you know that almost one in five families will move this year?...
Always Have A House Inspection
What a ride! We’ve had one of the longest, hottest housing markets in memory – with keen competition for homes in all price brackets. Everyone has a story...
Financial Breathing Room
Submitted by Mortgage Intelligence - What home-buyers want most. . .is financial breathing room and more choice. It""s a bit like bungee-jumping or parachuting...
Guess Work Out Of Mortgages
By Laurie Baird - Mortgage Consultant Taking the guesswork out of adjustable rate mortgages. Next to critiquing the decorating taste of your home’s previous...
Mortgages For Self-Employed
A large and growing segment of Canadians are taking advantage of flexible or unconventional employment opportunities. In fact, the self-employed now represent...
Sparkle Your Holiday
We all do a little more entertaining over the holiday season. And at this time of year, you want to offer your guests the warmest of holiday welcomes. This...
As The Clock Turns
Homeowners Autumn Checklist Whatever the weatherman or the almanc says, we know that the warm season really ends with the changing of the clocks to mark the...
Second Mortgages
In the past, second mortgages were associated with high rates and restrictive terms. Only those really in debt need a second mortgage - right? Not necessarily...
Amortization vs Term
By Laurie Baird - Mortgage Consultant What""s the difference between "amortization" and "term"? There are many stresses associated with home buying - both...
Give Yourself Some Credit
It can reach the point where you don""t want to pick up the mail. There isn""t much to look forward to: after all, who writes letters any more? The daily mail...
Nation Of Investors
In so many ways we""ve become a nation of investors. Equities and equity mutual funds may not be as popular as they were in the late 90""s and in 2000, but...
Assurance In Mortgage Brokers
Mortgage brokers are blossoming in the current environment and are gaining an increasing share of the mortgage market. This is great news because you should...
Mortgages Can Help Debt & Credit
What if there was such a thing as a magic card that you could carry with you, which had the power to open doors for you all over the world? You show someone...
Mortgages For Self Employed
Self-employed? Arranging a mortgage can be quicker and easier than you think. Over the years an increasing number of Canadians have become self-employed, often...
Adjustable Mortgages
Next to critiquing the decorating taste of your home’s previous owner, playing the “adjustable mortgage game” may rank as one of the most popular (and...
Use a Mortgage Broker?
For most of us, our ideas about mortgages have been instilled by years of past experience with traditional products in traditional institutions. Long-held...
Mortgage Tips
Well, the pop and sizzle of New Year’s Eve is a distant memory and by now many well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have probably fallen by the wayside....
Lower Than Prime Rate?
"Lower than prime," you heard someone say. Like most Canadians, you were probably first skeptical and then confused. We tend to think of the prime lending rate...