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Financing Your Rental Property – Variable Rate Rocks

Cash flow is definitely king when it comes to owning a rental property, but what can you do to ensure you receive the maximum amount of cash flow out of your rental property? You can always start by looking at … Continue reading

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What To Do With Your Variable Rate Mortgage

Should You Lock Your Variable Rate Mortgage? Wondering when to lock in your variable rate mortgage, or what your lock in options are? If that is one of the mortgage questions you have right now you might find this video … Continue reading

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Bank of Canada Rate Announcement March 2011

Bank of Canada March 2011 Rate Holds As I have been hoping for a while, the government learned from their series of rate increases last year and held solid to the current rate. The benchmark rate is remaining at one … Continue reading

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Mortgage Rates On The Rise – Should We Panic?

Surprise surprise, banks are raising their rates. OK, we all knew it was going to happen, but now it’s suddenly front page news? The only excitement about it was who the first lenders to jump the gun would be. So … Continue reading

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Rising Interest Rates Indicate a Solid Canadian Economy?

With the current state of the US economy, the fragile state of several European countries and the general malaise of the world economy, the Bank of Canada is sending a strong signal out about how solid the Canadian economy is … Continue reading

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Bank of Canada Increases Rates by .25% – Oops

First off, I missed this entirely. From everything I was seeing and hearing the economy was cooling. The housing markets had already stalled a bit after the recent changes to mortgage qualifying requirements in April, oil prices had dropped almost … Continue reading

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Should I Lock In My Variable Rate Mortgage Now?

Should I lock in my variable rate mortgage now? Is it a good time to lock my interest rate in or should I wait until summer to lock my mortgage rate in? To help you understand the best answer for you, you need to understand the two different rates involved. Continue reading

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Do the New Mortgage Rules Help?

With the recent headlines about the new mortgage rules you may have thought there were going to be some sweeping changes, fortunately these changes have only resulted in minor tightening. If you haven’t been paying attention, here are the changes … Continue reading

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Variable Rate Mortgages, Lock Them or Leave Them?

This seems to be one of the most frequently searched topics on my blog currently and there are no easy answers for this as every person’s situation and mortgage is different. Although there are some suggestions I have that may … Continue reading

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