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How to Buy Your Next Home: Part 2 Feb 28

How to Buy Your Next Home: Part 2

By Frances Hinojosa

I love the saying “What came first, the chicken or the egg?”  When buying and selling this is often the most important question - what comes first, the sale or the purchase? Often buying...

How to Buy Your Next Home: Part 1 Feb 13

How to Buy Your Next Home: Part 1

By Frances Hinojosa

After 11 years of living in our first home, my family and I realized it was time for a bigger space. We were about to become first time sellers. I thought by being an owner already it wouldn’t be...

The Importance of Disability or Life Insurance on Your Mortgage Jan 30

The Importance of Disability or Life Insurance on Your Mortgage

By Mark Twynham

I remember years ago (in the late 80's) talking to clients about their upcoming mortgage that I was closing, and they asked me about insurance coverage. It seemed in those days it was definitely...

Advantages of the Slow Winter Market Jan 19

Advantages of the Slow Winter Market

By Michael Savo

Have you ever wondered when is the best time to buy a home? Or, when is the best time to review a mortgage and consider refinancing?  Well you are not alone!  I am here to dispel a...

Home Finance Resolutions for 2012 Dec 29

Home Finance Resolutions for 2012

By Mark Twynham

Happy New Year! As we ring in the New Year it is a good time to think about what resolutions we may want to achieve in 2012 for our home financing. Whether you have a mortgage currently, are...

Are Canadians Too Comfortable With Variable Mortgage Rates? Dec 06

Are Canadians Too Comfortable With Variable Mortgage Rates?

By Mike Juhl

When you see what has happened with prime rate during the last few years, going from 6% down to a low of 2.25%, the overall reduced cost of borrowing and repaying has made it very appealing to...

When Is the Right Time to Move to a New Home? Dec 05

When Is the Right Time to Move to a New Home?

By Mark Twynham

I asked a friend who is in the real estate game this question and he gave me a few perspectives to consider. His immediate answer, jokingly, was “Now! So I can sell you a house, sell yours, and...