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12 Cash-Flow Assumptions You Haven’t Thought of Yet

October 24, 2011 Buying
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Last weekend Brent and I attended one of the Real Estate Investment Networks’ ACRES weekends. It’s always a good refresher weekend and the people I meet there always amaze and inspire me. We often take out a booth to share our listings and our services as REALTORS®. However, since Brent joined me this July, we’ve [...]

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One Killer Strategy To Make The Mortgage Changes Work To Your Advantage

January 20, 2011 Financing
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I’m sure you’ve all heard about the Federal Government’s January 17th change to CMHC mortgage rules by now (and I missed blogging about it, shame on me). They take effect on March 18th, and there’s one great strategy I’ll share to get some killer deals if you’re out shopping for more real estate right now. [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Board 2011 House Price Forecast – Part 2

January 12, 2011 Economic Fundamentals
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[Ed Note: If you've surfed here looking for the price of your own home, you can signup for a free market evaluation on my main site.] And we’re back from the break! This time it’s Patrick Shaver from UDI. When will people learn to stop using bad pictures on their powerpoint slides. This is mostly residential housing [...]

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Mortgage Default Rates and Assumables

September 16, 2010 Real Estate
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Sara had a great post over at the Edmonton Real Estate Blog about Mario Toneguzzi’s article Mortgage arrears soar in Alberta. What made the post really fantastic was the discussion (still ongoing three days later) which followed in the comments. I pointed out that one thing which is likely contributing to higher arrears is the [...]

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6 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About CMHC’s Alberta Rental Market Report

June 16, 2010 Statistics
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CMHC (the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) is one of the few organizations with the resources to publish meaningful and comprehensive statistics on regional real estate. Their Spring 2010 Rental Market Report came out the other day (you can the Alberta Highlights here, PDF, opens in a new window) and it makes for interesting, if dry, reading. [...]

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Peter Kinch on New CMHC Mortgage Rules

February 18, 2010 Financing

For those of you who caught yesterday’s changes to CMHC’s lending rules, here is Peter Kinch (Canada’s #1 Mortgage broker) weighing in on the topic. I agree with him, the changes are good window dressing, but will have very little impact on the market.

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The New Mortgage Rules – Investor Effects and No Surprises

February 16, 2010 Financing
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You’ve heard it by now, Government of Canada Takes Action to Strengthen Housing Financing. It’s no surprise and will have minimal impact on the market. There’ll be a little rush, then a little hangover, and then back to normal. I am glad to see some action taken to stop the stupid pre-sale condo speculation, but [...]

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