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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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Peter Kinch on Conflicting Rate Reports

June 8, 2009 Financing

Peter Kinch is a great mortgage broker, and I use one of his brokers. He’s also a frequent speaker on various radio and tv programs. Here’s a transcript from News 1130 last Friday (June 5th) between Peter Kinch and Russell Byth last Vancouver. Russ: The Bank of Canada is standing pat on rates keeping the [...]

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Stay Variable or Lock In?

March 8, 2009 Financing

I posted last week about the Bank of Canada dropping prime again, and how interest rates are at a historic low. I got Peter Kinch’s newsletter a day or so later and he talks about the change and if it’s better to stay variable or look at locking in. (FYI, Peggy Wong in Peter’s office [...]

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