Mortgages has become harder to obtain – how to find alternatives to the rules It’s a lot harder to get the feds to back your mortgage than it was a few months ago. Effective July 1st, 2020, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has reduced borrowing limits, demanded higher credit scores, […]
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Vancouver’s Housing Market is Gloomy – Yet Unaffordable For Household Incomes Of $120,000 Yearly
Vancouver’s Housing Market is Gloomy – Yet Unaffordable For Household Incomes Of $120,000 Yearly The housing numbers out of Vancouver, once among the world’s hottest real estate markets, are getting more dismal with each passing month. Sales in April, 2019 were the lowest in 24 years for a month that typically kicks […]
Toronto Real Estate TREB Published January, 2019 Resale Market Figures
Toronto Real Estate TREB Published January, 2019 Resale Market Figures Toronto Real Estate Board announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 4,009 home sales through TREB’s MLS® in January 2019 – up by 0.6 per cent compared to January 2018. On a preliminary seasonally adjusted basis, sales were up by 3.4 per cent […]
Toronto Real Estate TREB Published December, 2018 Resale Market Figures
Toronto Real Estate TREB Published December, 2018 Resale Market Figures Toronto Real Estate Board announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported a total of 77,426 residential transactions through TREB’s MLS® System in 2018. This result represented a 16.1 per cent decline compared to 92,263 sales reported in 2017. Total new listings entered […]
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide 1. Start with your credit. Credit reports are kept by the three major credit agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. They show whether you are habitually late with payments and whether you have run into serious credit problems in the past. A credit score is a number calculated […]
