The government has announced, effective February 19, 2014, under the Property Transfer Tax (PTT) First-Time Home Buyers’ Exemption program, qualifying first-time buyers can buy a home worth up to $475,000. The previous threshold was $425,000. The partial exemption continues and will apply to homes valued between $475,000 and $500,000. With this change, the government estimates […]
Mortgage changes in 2014 budget
Some changes came down within the budget this week. Here’s the good and bad. One thing I like to note is the collateral charge disclosure. I can’t stress enough how this style of mortgage is not in 95%+ of peoples interest. And you see that even the DoF has concerns with the lack of disclosure […]
More on penalty calculations at the big banks
Credit for this article goes to http://www.robertkleinmortgagegroup.com and when I read it I had to share as it’s in such detail and well written. I recently had a client pay a $13,000 break fee on a 2 year old mortgage from RBC. As you can imagine the client was not impressed. By factoring in an […]
TD mortgage clause change
This is important to know, or at least for the person you are trusting to get you a mortgage should know. Another reason to use an independent broker as we will move clear of little rules like this benefiting the lender making sure the product benefits you. Lending is evolving a lot these days. Deals […]
Five reasons multi tasking makes you less effective
I am in the middle of reading the big The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and I had to share as for me I’ve always had this sense that multi tasking is inefficient. Here’s from Gary’s book and website. Many pride themselves on taking a conference call while perusing their inbox and texting their son; […]