by Jenn Slater | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
If you’ve been following the financial news in Canada lately (or if you read the blog here regularly), you will know that a lot is changing in the world of mortgage financing. Most recently, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced an...
by Jenn Slater | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog, Finance, Mortgage
If you are looking to purchase a property in the next while, you probably already know that you need at least 5% of the purchase price as a downpayment. Saving a bigger downpayment, let’s say 10%, certainly increases your chances of securing financing. While...
by Jenn Slater | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog, Finance
This article was originally published on Rags to Reasonable here on Jan 19th, 2016. Chris Enns is a Canadian actor and singer who writes a personal finance blog aimed at helping people with variable incomes manage their money better. This article includes some...