As your trusted mortgage adviser's we are absolutely committed to doing everything we can to help you if you are experiencing difficulty making your mortgage payments. These are unprecedented times, incredibly volatile and information is being adjusted, changed, clarified on a daily basis. I hope the information provided here can provide some help and please … Continue reading COVID-19-What Home Owners Need to Know
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There is a lot of interest in the New Canadian First Time Home Buyers Incentive Program. This program is shared equity program designed to make first time home buying more affordable. See our video to have a better understanding, and don't forget to visit: placetocallhome.ca for more information. We serve all of Alberta, with a … Continue reading First Time Home Buyers Incentive Program
With the latest increase in financing rates we might be hearing a lot more about assumable mortgages. An assumable mortgage is one that the lender allows another borrower to take over or assume the mortgage without changing any of the terms of the mortgage. The new applicant takes over the obligation for the payments left … Continue reading Assumable Mortgages
The Most Recent OSFI Mortgage Rule Changes On Tuesday October 17 the Bank of Canada announced they will proceed with the implementation of a stress test for all uninsured mortgages. An uninsured mortgage is where the down payment is more than 20% down, has no default mortgage insurance and includes refinancing. The stress … Continue reading OFSI Mortgage Rule Changes effective January 1st 2018
Default Mortgage Insurance is an insurance policy which compensates lenders or investors for losses due to the default of a mortgage loan. In Canada, we are fortunate that we have three organizations that offer default mortgage insurance: CMHC – Canadian Mortgage Housing Corporation, Sagen (formerly Genworth), and Canada Guaranty. Why is this important and a benefit to a borrower? … Continue reading Insurance Series- Default Mortgage Insurance
As of March 17th, Candians will be spending more money on mortgage default insurance. The impact of the new mortgage regulations that came into effect in October of 2016 are what the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.(CMHC), is giving as reason for the need to increase premiums for the third time in the past few … Continue reading CMHC premiums increase March 17th.