Mortgage rules are undergoing some changes due to the current situation with Covid-19. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced changes to the eligibility rules for mortgage insurance, in the agency’s latest response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the new rules? The new rules...
With the growing challenges couples face to buy property, in part due to houses becoming more and more expensive, more and more people are considering a joint mortgage. What is a Joint Mortgage? As the name indicates, it is a mortgage that you take out with another...
Since last week’s post, we’ve been contacted by people willing to know more about wage garnishment. We’ve decided to dedicate this post to the topic of garnishment in Canada when it comes to your wages. As we stated on the last post, wage garnishment is a...
As we continue our series of posts about debt and mortgage payments during this pandemic, we decided to talk about the financial support payments that have been introduced by the government of Canada. It is important to understand what CERB is all about as...
Debt has been the most pressing issue during this COVID-19 situation. Our previous posts have addressed some of these issues from the danger of predatory lending to the help you can get from credit counselling. Managing one’s debt is extremely important. However, each case is...
Predatory lending is not something new and has been affecting many Canadians across the country for many years (check our previous post on this topic). However, the unprecedented financial situation caused by COVI-19 has made predatory lending easier and many Canadians are falling for...
As we are going through these unprecedented times, we’ve been seeing a lot of references to predatory lending. Many wonder what this term refers to in the world of mortgages. Essentially, predatory lending is the practice whereby a lender deceptively persuades a borrower to agree...
If you find yourself having to pay hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars per month for interest payments on credit, you may want to consider debt consolidation. It may be the time to contact a mortgage broker to help you with this situation. You may be...
We’ve said it many times: owning a house is almost everyone’s dream. We feel accomplished, it gives us a sense of responsibility, we feel like we have our own space. So, it’s only normal that we make a list to plan the house of our...
In the world of real estate, it is very common to hear the term prime rate. Many people are confused by this term. Prime rate refers to the lowest commercial interest rate charged by a bank at a particular time and it is used as...