by Jenn Slater | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog
If you’ve been thinking about selling your existing property, for whatever reason, it would be in your best interest to give me a call before you list for sale. Here are a few scenarios that explain why… Buying a New Property! You have to live somewhere!...
by Jenn Slater | Jul 20, 2018 | Announcement, Blog, CMHC
Over the last few years, it’s been more a story about tightening rules and regulations, mitigating risk, and restricting lending practices than anything. However the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) just announced that it looks like mortgage...
by Jenn Slater | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog, Homeownership
If you’ve been thinking about buying a new home; whether that be your first home, your next home, your forever home, or your retirement home, the doom and gloom of it all might be causing you to question… is right now a good time to buy a home? Well…...
by Jenn Slater | Jul 11, 2018 | Announcement, Blog, Mortgage
The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 1 ½ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 ¾ per cent and the deposit rate is 1 ¼ per cent. The Bank expects the global economy to grow by about 3 ¾ per cent in 2018 and 3 ½ per cent in...
by Jenn Slater | Jul 10, 2018 | Blog, Homeownership
After improving slightly late last year, housing affordability has now reached “crisis levels” in Vancouver and is posing a “tremendous challenge” in Toronto. That’s the assessment from RBC’s latest Housing Trends and Affordability report, which says higher interest...