Mortgage Interest Rates for July 12th
I was out of the city this past Monday camping in Killbear Park far from any internet connection making it impossible to get my Monday Mortgage Minute up. I’ll just briefly post the current rates for anyone who is looking to see how rates have changed since last week. Chris Molder – Son Of ...
Files of the Broker: What Is a Judicial Sale?
In my last post I wrote about an astute investor who exploited the opportunity of a Judicial Sale when he bought a unique, mixed-use property, for a bargain price of under $100,000. Such opportunities come up frequently but are missed by most people because they don’t know where to look specifically. In addition, the ...
Monday Mortgage Minute – Interest Rates July 5th 2010
All signs are pointing to lower fixed-rate mortgages again for the 3rd time this year. Bond yields are low and as a result, we are seeing fixed-rate mortgage prices dropping just a little bit further this week. The Bank of Canada has also dropped its benchmark qualifying rate for high ratio mortgages by 0.10%. ...
Files of the Broker: Oddball Property Private Mortgage Financing
What do you get when you try to buy a property that was once a jail, fire hall, dance hall & town hall? A financing conundrum. This is exactly what one of our clients purchased, where we provided private mortgage financing. The purchase is even more remarkable when you consider that the jail, fire-hall, ...
Gifted Down Payment
Mortgages are very dynamic transactions. There are areas of the mortgage approval that don’t warrant any kind of special consideration but if for whatever reason the lender’s guidelines cannot be satisfied one can compromise the successful funding of a mortgage. Proof of down payment is one of those areas. Generally speaking proof of down ...
Monday Mortgage Minute- Toronto June 21st
It looks like the fixed mortgage rate market has stabilized after the bank of Canada’s decision to increase the prime rate earlier this month. While rates aren’t as low as earlier this year, mortgage interest rates still remain low historically speaking. With signs that the housing market is cooling and interest rates are staying ...