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7 09, 2023

Should I Stand Pat or Should I Look?

By |2023-09-07T11:10:44-04:00September 7th, 2023|Housing Market, Interest Rates, Mortgages, rent-to-own|0 Comments

This seems to be the biggest question I get these days. Some think that house prices will magically drop 20-40% in the next year or so. Some think that interest rates will drop over the same period and it will cheaper to get into their own home when that happens. Some dont believe that rents [...]

9 01, 2023

Stress Test – How Much Home Can You Buy with $120,000 Income?

By |2023-01-09T12:50:05-05:00January 9th, 2023|Buying a New House, Housing Market, Interest Rates|0 Comments

Wondering how the rate increases (and subsequent stress test increase) would impact your ability to qualify for a mortgage? Suppose your household income is $120,000, you have good credit and you want to buy a condo in a major urban centre. Let’s say the property taxes are $2,400 and the condo maintenance/strata fees are $360 [...]

6 11, 2020

Bank of Canada Signals Low Rates Until 2023

By |2020-11-06T14:40:50-05:00November 6th, 2020|Benchmark Rate, Housing Market, Interest Rates|0 Comments

Mortgage shoppers take note: Cheap money is here to stay, at least for the next two years, the Bank of Canada reaffirmed during its interest rate decision on Wednesday. The BoC had previously provided guidance that rates would remain at their effective lower bound—currently 0.25%—“until 2 percent inflation target is sustainably achieved,” but went a [...]

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