Mortgages

Single Mothers and Real Estate in Calgary

August 20, 2010 by Nikkibrokerab · Leave a Comment

Are you a single mother in Calgary and have been considering buying your first home? Renting is something we all have to do when we start out on our own. Most of us simply do not have the maturity, know how and finances to purchase a home when we first leave home. There are many [...]

Fixed Rate Mortgage vs. Variable – The Great Debate

May 29, 2010 by Nikkibrokerab · Leave a Comment

The Great Rate Debate Should I even start? This is a huge topic of controversy among Canadians right now between those of us with industry knowledge and experience and even those who don’t. “Here’s my OPINION on Fixed Rates versus a Variable Rate in today’s economic state; I do not present this with any claims [...]

CMHC Tightens Lending Guidelines

March 5, 2010 by Nikkibrokerab · 2 Comments

Oh Boy. Here we go. I was chatting with my favorite underwriter at Scotiabank yesterday and she whispered how frustrated she was with CMHC and that Genworth is much more willing work with mortgage clients, whether buying or refinancing. The new rules as layed out by Flaherty were pretty soft and didn’t really do much [...]

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