How Credit Affects Your Loan Approval

July 28th, 2017

When you apply for a loan, lenders assess your credit risk based on a number of factors. Your credit score, as well as the information on your credit report, are … [read more]

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White Rock Sea Festival

July 20th, 2017

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Debt-To-Income: a Meaningless Metric

July 20th, 2017

The human brain struggles with distinguishing between a real or imagined threat. Is it a snake? Or just a shoelace? One may kill us quick, and so we react fast … [read more]

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Time to Be Heard Canada

July 19th, 2017

I met with a client recently who wanted to get a pre-approval before he sold his home. His neighbour is a very grouchy man who causes my client and his … [read more]

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How to Shop for a Mortgage

July 17th, 2017

For many people, a home will be the largest purchase of their life. It stands to reason then, that when you are shopping around for your mortgage you will want … [read more]

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Mortgage brokers are super heroes

July 12th, 2017

Mortgage brokers have a reputation as superheroes. Although we cannot leap tall buildings in a single bound we can do extraordinary things. Is the down payment money coming from outside … [read more]

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BCREA ECONOMICS NOW

July 12th, 2017

Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision – July 12, 2017 The Bank of Canada announced this morning that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by 25 basis … [read more]

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Getting help from mom and dad

July 7th, 2017

Parents are always worried about something with their children, and where they are going to live and how they are going to afford it is no exception. The bank of … [read more]

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But I’m Only a Co-signor!

July 6th, 2017

You have a family member that doesn’t qualify for a mortgage on their own and needs a co-signor. Since you’re a nice person, and of course would like to see … [read more]

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Things That Mortgage Professionals Wish Those with Damaged Credit Knew

July 4th, 2017

This is the fourth part of a series by Pam Pikkert of things the average mortgage professional wished people knew so that they would not be held back by inadvertent … [read more]

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