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The Calgary Housing Market Expected to Stay Stable for 2018 

by Josh | May 1, 2018 | Credit Analysis, Economic, Featured, Mortgage Blog, Mortgage Products, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Tips & Advice, News, Videos

Canada’s housing market has long been considered quite overheated. This trend is mostly driven by the extreme markets of Vancouver and Toronto housing markets; these are the markets that government regulations that limit loan to value ratios among others were targeted...

Bank of Canada Holds Steady – for Now  

by Josh | Apr 15, 2018 | Credit Analysis, Economic, Featured, Mortgage Blog, Mortgage Products, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Tips & Advice, News

Governor Stephen Poloz and his Governing Council ended their deliberations on April 18th, and the end decision was not to raise interest rates. This has left the benchmark interest rate at 1.25% for now. However, they are unlikely to keep interest rates this low for...

How Millennials Can Leave the Nest

by Josh | Apr 1, 2018 | Credit Analysis, Economic, Featured, Mortgage Blog, Mortgage Products, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Tips & Advice, News, Videos

Housing price increases have outpaced inflation for years, pricing many Millennials out of the housing market. For many Millennials, the solution has been to remain at home for years longer than their parents planned. In fact, roughly a third of those between the ages...

The Big Six Are Not Your Friends

by Josh | Mar 21, 2018 | Credit Analysis, Economic, Mortgage Products, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Tips & Advice, News

On March 20, 2018, the FCAC issued a report dispelling any myth that the Big 6 banks are friendly, supportive institutions – or even neutral. The FCAC report said that the banks had too much of a focus on selling products and services. It warned that they lacked...

Interest Rates Steady after Bank of Canada Meeting

by Josh | Mar 8, 2018 | Credit Analysis, Economic, Featured, Mortgage Blog, Mortgage Products, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Tips & Advice, News

Thank you, Donald Trump. Those unlikely words from Canadian mortgage leaders are the result of the economic uncertainty created by Trump’s politicization of the renegotiation of NAFTA. This fact, combined with the slowdown in domestic spending at the end of 2017 that...

Mistakes Many First Time Calgary Home Buyers Make

by Josh | Feb 21, 2018 | Featured, Mortgage Blog, Mortgage Products, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Tips & Advice, News

The first time you do something, you’re likely to make mistakes. Unfortunately, mistakes when you buy a home are truly costly. Here are the common mistakes many first-time Calgary home buyers make and how to avoid making them yourself.   Assuming You Don’t Have...
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