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Economic Buzz with Benjamin Tal Fall 2012
I can’t seem to avoid the conversation about real estate in Canada. This past weekend I must have been asked at least half a dozen times about my thoughts on the market. I always give the same...
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Mortgage Interest Rate Update November 15th 2012
Everything you need to know this week about Canadian mortgage interest rates. Rates remain low and there is nothing on the horizon likely to change that. There is still lots of so-called global...
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What Does Amortization Period Mean?
There is no such thing as a silly question. What amortization period means is a great one. Very often mortgage professionals will fly over financing terms that haven’t been properly introduced to...
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Highlights From CAAMP’S 2012 State Of The Residential Mortgage Market Survey
The Canadian Association Of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) does a great semi-annual survey where they interview 2,000 Canadians to get a deeper understanding of the Canadian residential...
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5 Awesome Facts About The Canadian Mortgage Market [infographic]
Earlier this week the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) released their fall survey. The survey measures the state of the Canadian mortgage market performed every 6...
View ArticleSufficiency Friday: The End Of The World & How I Helped Mark & Kelly [video]
There are many popular beliefs from Nostrodamus to the Mayans that 2012 is the year the world will end. Here at Tridac Corporation Ltd- The Mortgage Centre we don’t believe the world will end tomorrow...
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Mortgage 101: Understanding Fixed & Variable Rate Mortgages
Choosing between a fixed and variable rate mortgage is an important decision for mortgage borrowers. According to the most recent survey of Canadians, 65% of us have fixed rate mortgages, 28% have...
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Mortgage 101: Your Payment Frequency Options
Mortgage Payment Frequency You’ve got choice when it comes to deciding on how often you’d like to make your mortgage payments. The choice is there so you can try to sync your mortgage payments with...
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Mortgage 101: Mortgage Default Insurance
What is mortgage default insurance? Here’s the deal with mortgage default insurance. It’s an insurance to protect the lender in case you don’t make your mortgage payments and they suffer a loss. And...
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Infographic: Just How Overvalued Is Your Home?
Last week I came across this great infographic on the Canadian Business website. The simple infographic goes along was to show just how polarized opinions are when it comes to Canadian real estate...
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Be Mortgage-Free Faster, A Tip Of The Hat To Scotiabank
If you’re a regular on my blog then you’ll know that my focus as a mortgage broker is on mortgage debt-reduction. Nobody really wants to own a mortgage, they want to own a home! I believe the mortgage...
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How Do You Campare To The National Figures? [Infographic]
It’s time for another fun and insightful infographic developed and produced by my friends at ratehub.ca. This infographic draws data from two major reports released earlier this year by authorities on...
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4 Things You Should Know About Variable Rate Mortgages
Variable rate mortgages have historically been the better mortgage option for borrowers in Canada over the past 50 years and yet a little more than a quarter of mortgage borrowers in Canada choose a...
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Chris Molder Contributes To Ratehub’s Mortgage Math Series
Who’s that guy in the unfortunate freeze frame you may ask? That’s me Chris Molder. Mortgage broker and blogger on www.sonofabroker.com. I was deemed cool enough to be invited to present one of the...
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First Time Home Buyers, Quoted in the Toronto Star
I was recently contacted by The Toronto Star business reporter Susan Pigg to provide some insight into what I am observing in the Toronto condo market. The most current numbers released by TREB...
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How To Pay Your Mortgage Quickly & Save Thousands of Dollars In Interest...
Chances are you’re probably not getting the best mortgage advice. Banks and many mortgage professionals are busy competing on just the lowest rate. But fail you when it comes to showing you how to...
View ArticleHow To Pay Off Your Mortgage In 5 Years With Wellkeptwallet.com Founder...
Imagine paying off all your mortgage debt in five years. It’s possible. Deacon Hayes of wellkeptwallet.com is making it a reality, he and his wife are on track to do just that. Deacon’s own journey...
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Getting Mortgage Financing For Small Condo Units
Small is the new big when it comes to up and coming condo developments in the city of Toronto. In an effort to maximize density and keep real estate affordable for an ever more expensive market,...
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My Evening At CAAMP’s Mortgage Hall Of Fame Awards Night 2013
I’ve never been one to get too hung up on titles or acronyms at the end of a name, especially when it comes to my own. Noticeably absent from my business cards and this blog are 3 letters, AMP. Back...
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Focus On Amortization
So you want to pay the least interest as possible on your mortgage? I don’t blame you. When banks announce their quarterly profit reports in the billions of dollars it’s enough to make your blood...
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