I remember years ago when I actually clued in to how much money our family was wasting. This article in the Globe & Mail is soooo true. Save yourself thousands – Robin Schade, a 25-year-old student and business owner from Calgary, used to pay $122 a month in bank fees and unnecessary insurance. She paid [...]
What most DON’T know about High Ratio Insurance Vancouver Mortgage Broker Mark Fidgett explains High Ratio Mortgages Banks and financial institutions are not allowed to lend against real estate mortgages unless the down payment is at least 20% of the value of the property. In order to achieve a higher level of financing, lenders need [...]
Housing starts across British Columbia remained depressed in the first quarter of 2009, falling almost 70 per cent from the same quarter of 2008, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Wednesday. While housing starts ticked up slightly in March on a national basis, builders in B.C. started work on 2,517 new homes in the first [...]
