First Time Homebuyer

Learn about the major changes to Canada’s mortgage rules on December 15th, 2024. Including higher loan caps and 30-year amortizations, ...

When you are making plans to buy your first home, it's impossible to know what you don't know. This first ...

Everyone needs a home-buying support team that includes a real estate agent, mortgage specialist, and real estate lawyer. As you ...

Having the right down payment strategy can save you a lot of money in the long term, and pay back ...

Glossary and explanation of important mortgage terms, with links to relevant articles that discuss the nitty gritty. Links to related ...

Mortgage pre-approval is essential to knowing what your affordability range is before you make an offer to purchase a home ...

Mortgage #FAILS. Learn the underwriting risk factors that lenders use when evaluating your mortgage application, and the top 10 reasons ...

How to get your share of government financial incentives available Canadian first time homebuyers. There's lots available, but in most ...

'High ratio mortgage' is a term many first time homebuyers haven't heard before, and often they don't understand how much ...

Adjusting to a post COVID-19 world, many things will be different, some permanently. We analyze how Canadian housing markets, including ...

Most first-time buyers lack sufficient funds to purchase their home outright and require loan financing (a mortgage) to make it ...

Whether shopping for a new home, have a mortgage renewal coming up, want to refinance or just want to know ...

Property tax bills come in three separate chunks throughout the year. But what is the best–easiest, smartest, fastest way to ...

A first time buyer with questions about tapping into their RRSP when buying their first home comes up quite often ...

SEVEN FINANCE NEWS STORIES TO KNOW ABOUT... in the Fall of 2017! Hot topic finance news stories from interest rates ...

From time to time I meet people who are anxious to buy a home, but have no down payment saved ...