Your Credit- How do you score?

With all the recent mortgage changes, your credit score is more important now than ever.  Most Lenders rely on the “Equifax” score.  Equifax calculates a credit “risk” score out of a maximum score of 900. A score of 700 or higher is considered an excellent score and...

ID Required For Mortgage Financing

We have had a few occasions already this summer where clients have been unaware of Identification requirements for a home purchase, switch of a mortgage up for renewal, or a refinance of an existing home. There is nothing worse than finding out on your closing day...

No Fee Banking :)

I thought I would share a link to the old PC Financial, now called “Simplii Financial”, which is ran/owned by CIBC. I have done the majority of my everyday banking with them for over 15 years, and if you are looking for “no fee banking” and...

OSFI Expands Stress Test Rate

See below an update on new B-20 Lending Guidelines As expected the updated “Stress test” will be applied to all mortgage borrowers(borrowing from any lender beginning January 1st of 2018). It has been clarified that the stress test rate will NOT apply for...

An “interesting” start to 2017

As January has seemed to fly by, I thought I would pass along a few ideas on saving money and paying less interest. Awareness is the key. You would be shocked how many people I speak with who don’t know what is owing on their mortgage and more importantly what is...