Why It’s Important to do a Credit Check Before Applying for a Mortgage
You’re finally ready to take the plunge and buy a home… or are you? Before you start hunting for your...
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Mortgage Insurance Premiums to Increase by 15% for Home Buyers
On May 1, 2014, CMHC made the announcement that premiums for default insurance would go up by an average of...
Why Canadians Should Care About The U.S. Taper
Penelope Graham RateSupermarket.ca Have you caught a glimpse of the latest financial headlines? If so, you’ve probably heard the latest...
Savers & Spenders: 2013 Mortgage Stats [Infographic]
Our friends over at RateHub.ca grabbed CAAMP’s Annual State of the Residential Mortgage Market report and pieced together a new...
Mortgage Shoppers Eyeing Variable Rates
By RateHub.ca This month, we’ve been focusing a lot of our content around alternative mortgages: second mortgages, self-employed mortgages, bad...
Crush your mortgage
From MoneySense Mortgage documents are full of traps that make it extremely difficult to pay off your biggest debt. It...
Time to lock in your mortgage?
From MoneySense Image from MoneySense Rising rates have homeowners rethinking variable rates When the average discounted rate for five-year fixed...
Freedom 57? A Poll on Canadians and Being Mortgage-Free
An online survey of 1,503 Canadian adults holding a mortgage by CIBC shows that the average Canadian homeowner doesn't think...
How to Calculate Your Mortgage Prepayment Penalty
By RateHub.ca Are you thinking of refinancing your existing mortgage to consolidate other debts or take advantage of a lower...
Should You Refinance Your Mortgage?
In light of BMO reintroducing last year’s 2.99% mortgage product, and the Bank of Canada once again leaving the overnight...
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