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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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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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Don Campbell on Fixed vs. Variable Mortgage Rates

June 8, 2010 Financing

There’s been some great material at the last few REIN meetings about mortgages, particularly timely given the Bank of Canada’s decision to raise prime. Don Campbell was on BNN, CBC, Alberta Primetime and a couple others talking about the best way to approach the coming rate hikes. Watch the video or scroll under to get [...]

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7 Ways to CTL+ALT+DEL Your Real Estate Investing

March 17, 2010 Real Estate
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Your computer, your life and your business all need a restart every so often. Unload everything, wind down, unplug, go have a cup of coffee, and then fire things back up one at a time. I just came back from one of REIN’s ACRE weekends, which is really Real Estate Investing 101 and 102. For [...]

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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 Right Mortgage For Me

January 31, 2010 Financing
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I’ve got a lot of friends who are buying their first homes right now. We go out for coffee and people are talking about how big they’re trying to make their down payment, or how quick they can manage to pay off their mortgage. That’s great, and I’m glad they’re being fiscally responsible. I’m looking [...]

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