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As a mortgage professional with Dominion Lending Centres, I do everything I can to maintain a high credit score. For example, I pay off...


TOP FIVE HOME RENOVATIONS THAT INCREASE PROPERTY VALUE
Looking to increase your homes property value? Here are five of the best renovations you can do to your home to increase property value....


PRACTICE YOUR NEW MORTGAGE
Practice your mortgage… What exactly do I mean by that? Well, if you’re a first-time buyer and just beginning to explore the housing...


MORTGAGE CHANGES – OH HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED
With the recent changes to the mortgage rules in Canada, we take a moment to look back at the evolution of the mortgage, and to highlight...


BI-WEEKLY PAYMENT WORKAROUND
Most of us know that changing your mortgage payment from monthly, or semi monthly, to an accelerated bi-weekly payment instantly reduces...


ARE YOU STRESSED ABOUT THE NEW STRESS TEST? THERE’S NO NEED TO BE!
That’s right! Sure the new mortgage rules from our Federal Government on October 17th can be a bit confusing, here are five tips to help...


Bank on Hold As Housing Expected to Slow
Bank on Hold As Housing Expected to Slow It is no surprise to anyone that the Bank of Canada maintained its target overnight rate at 1/2...


CAN YOU HANDLE THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN MORTGAGE RATES?
Lately we’ve seen projections that rates will begin to increase through the next 15 months. Some banks have projections that show the 5...


108 YEAR 7 MONTH AMORTIZATION… TOTALLY COOL SAYS THE FEDS!
In October 2015, I wrote 136 words on this topic, hoping that the image alone would get some traction. It was a pretty insane image to a...


TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE: HOW A REVERSE MORTGAGE HELPED FINANCE A POST-GRADUATE DEGREE AND A PURCHASE OF
I recently met a couple that took out a reverse mortgage to purchase a house in Hamilton, ON. Their daughter was attending McMaster...