As you know, the real estate and mortgage markets have shifted significantly in recent months. Here are some key highlights: Interest...

LET’S PAY IT FORWARD For many of you reading this, you already have a mortgage (a home).  But for others, which may include your friends...

Over the past 5 years or so, there have been so many changes to mortgage products, qualifications, and rate categories, that giving out a...

Calgary is unique in the Canadian real estate market right now. We are all aware of the "sellers" market conditions, and the lack of...

I'm thrilled to share exciting news that will hopefully add value to our relationship over the coming years. I have recently earned a new...

In the real estate industry, as in most markets, what goes up, must come down. We have watched house prices move overnight into territory...

As we Canadians prepare for the next season, we naturally organize our lives and our homes so that we are ready for the upcoming changes....

In our previous post on the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive Plan (FTHBI), we looked at how the program could help first-time homebuyers...

If you had the chance to make a bigger down payment on a house, would you take it? That is the question we are going to answer today as...

Have you ever walked around your home saying, “I wish I had known about that before I bought my house.” But, being a first-time home...

As temperatures rise across the country (summer is coming, right?), we’re dreaming of getting out of the city. A weekend away at the lake...

Here are the top reasons why using an independent mortgage broker could be the best option for you. CHOICE One application with a...

For most of us, ideas about mortgages have been instilled in us by years of institutionalized adverting and marketing set up on the walls...

Your Mortgage Annual Statement has just arrived... Your mortgage annual statement should be in your mail by now, and besides using this...

Borrowed down payment still exists! If you DON’T have your down payment saved, but you DO have these conditions, you are a good candidate...

Are you shopping for grad dresses, picking out secondary schools, thinking about financial obligations around the corner? As our...

I just had a peek at a fun little site called “Adventures of Empty Nesters”! Looks like a lot of people are enjoying the same journey...

Can you guess how many baby boomers are in Canada? Does 3.2 million sound about right? Times that by 3 and now we’re talking… There are...

Outstanding debts can really drag us down... Credit is one of those things that seemingly takes on a life of its own. Fluctuating up and...

You just received your Annual Mortgage Statement: Don’t just file it…. When your annual mortgage statement comes in the mail (usually...