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What You Need to Know About Mortgage Co-signing
Thanks to tighter mortgage qualification rules and higher-priced real estate—particularly in the greater Vancouver and Toronto areas—it’s not always easy ...
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How To Buy A Home In The HOT, HOT, HOT Ottawa Market
The Ottawa Region has been on a tear for a few years now, and there is no sign of things ...
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How To Pay Your Property Taxes
Property tax bills come in three separate chunks throughout the year. But what is the best–easiest, smartest, fastest way to ...
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State of the GTA Market February 2018
Here we spoke to several real estate agents who are leaders in their respective markets and gained insights of where ...
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What Does Mortgage Stress Test Mean?
Here we explain the mortgage stress test - what it means, why it exists, and how it affects you the ...
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ASKROSS Answers: As A First Time Home Buyer, How Do I Use My RRSP...
A first time buyer with questions about tapping into their RRSP when buying their first home comes up quite often ...
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ASKROSS Decodes Mortgage Lingo: Loan To Value And High Ratio
Here we explain what “loan to value ratio” means, and also the all important “hi ratio mortgage”. This is when ...
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Why Does Small Down Payment Get A Lower Mortgage Rate?
It's counter-intuitive that high-ratio higher-risk mortgages qualify for lower interest rates, and banks will compete to go lower. We explain ...
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The Myths About Co-Signing For a Mortgage
What makes a strong mortgage co-signer? Not a great job, nor huge equity with tiny mortgage, nor a fantastic credit ...
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The Bi-weekly Mortgage Payment Myth
Many people believe that making biweekly payments is the best way to pay down your mortgage faster and with less ...
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Paying Consumer Proposal Early Pays BIG time
Paying off your consumer proposal early pays BIG time! In the past few years, we have helped dozens of homeowners ...
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Seven News Stories You Need to Know Now
SEVEN FINANCE NEWS STORIES TO KNOW ABOUT... in the Fall of 2017! Hot topic finance news stories from interest rates ...
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Rising Interest Rates And How They Impact Your Mortgage
Here we explain the importance of protecting against rising interest rates as you approach your mortgage renewal date or while ...
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ASKROSS Toronto Rental Property Questions And Answers
From the AskRoss mailbag, we answer our readers' questions about buying investment properties ...
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ASKROSS: Toronto Homebuyers’ Questions And Answers
Here are a couple of questions from the AskRoss mailbag. One reader asks with prices so high in the Greater ...
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Not The Time For Short Closings In the Toronto Real Estate Market
Looking back to the Spring of 2017 we saw a period of uncertainty in the real estate market. A liquidity ...