Key Takeaways:High housing costs in Canada prevent many from homeownership, with average prices at $612,204 and up to $1,000,000 in Toronto.Innovative approaches can improve affordability,40-year amortization can help younger, lower-income Canadians become homeowners.Higher investor down payments can level the playing ...

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​Key Takeaways: Despite lower CPI numbers, inflation may not be a temporary blip. Rising bond yields suggest further interest rate increases may be coming. Recent US PPI numbers were higher than estimated. Canadian labour market added 150k jobs in January, ...

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Variable Rate currently more than 1% higher than Fixed Rate Homeowners who are currently in a variable rate mortgage should be aware that the current market conditions are definitely not in their favor. Variable rates are currently more than 1% ...

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Recently, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has been considering implementing new restrictions on loan-to-income (LTI) and debt-to-income (DTI) ratios in an effort to limit total leverage for households. These changes, if implemented, could have a significant ...

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This is a success story about how we were able to help our client, Sam, save $​800 in mortgage payments by refinancing her mortgage and switching from a variable rate mortgage to a fixed rate mortgage. Variable Rates Sam, the ...

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The best success stories are the ones referred to us by previous clients. ​This story is one of those cases. Lou is a very successful self employed landscaper with a good accountant. ​Good accountant, bad for mortgage Lou works hard ...

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