CMHC announced today that their second home and stated income programs will be no longer as of May 30th. It’s never good news when products, that we used often enough, are eliminated from our basket. These two aren’t used a ton, however, are very important. Especially for self employed borrowers. Their limitations of buying a […]
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Pre-approvals – Should you get one?
This article is from the Globe and Mail. I’ve edited a bit to make it to add a little of what I do for my clients as a guide. Putting your full faith in a mortgage pre-approval is like betting on a heavy favorite in a horse race. You’ll probably win but there’s room for […]
New B21 Rules from OSFI – Not so bad
B-21. Here at Last There’s been so much speculation on whether OSFI’s long-awaited B-21 mortgage insurer guidelines will slow the housing market. Well, now that we’ve seen the draft, that seems unlikely. In fact, B-21 is simple, practical and sound policy, and most of the guidelines have already been adopted by lenders and insurers. Here’s […]
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 […]