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Fixed or Variable? How to protect your mortgage from higher interest rates. - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

Fixed or Variable? How to protect your mortgage from higher interest rates.

Fixed or variable? It’s a simple little question with enormous ramifications. On a $500,000 mortgage, each 1% interest rate increase means your ability to borrow...

Feb 16
6 min read
Is Debt Consolidation The Solution To Your Financial Problem? - Mortgage Refinancing mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage Refinancing

Is Debt Consolidation The Solution To Your Financial Problem?

This article can not ultimately answer this question. Debt consolidation has indeed solved a lot of financial problems and has brought many people back right into the right track in terms of finances. However, the answer as to whether it…

Feb 9
3 min read
An Easy Way To Eliminate Your Credit Card Debt - Financial insights mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Financial insights

An Easy Way To Eliminate Your Credit Card Debt

There are millions of Canadians out there who have paid off heavy credit card debt, and you may be one of them. However, to get...

Jan 16
4 min read
Home Staging: Making Your Home Sellable - Housing Industry mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Housing Industry

Home Staging: Making Your Home Sellable

You’ve listed your home and the agent wants to start showing it to prospective buyers. Here are few tips to help it look its best....

Jan 16
3 min read
A Mortgage Secret for First-Time Home Buyers: It Can Pay To Buy More - Investment Tips mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Investment Tips

A Mortgage Secret for First-Time Home Buyers: It Can Pay To Buy More

It's not easy to buy a first home, so here's a suggestion that may be surprising: Instead of buying one residence, buy several. What I'm suggesting has nothing to do with late night infomercials or books that promise fast and…

Jan 12
4 min read
Refinancing Can Put Cash In Your Pocket πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’° - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

Refinancing Can Put Cash In Your Pocket πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°

One of the great benefits of refinancing your home is the ability to get cash in your pocket as a result of the transaction. There...

Jan 11
4 min read
Home Surveillance Systems: Investments That Protect Investments - Investment Tips mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Investment Tips

Home Surveillance Systems: Investments That Protect Investments

With each click of the clock, time runs out for the “home team.” The passer heaves the oblong shape high into the air. The receiver...

Jan 10
3 min read
A Love/Hate Relationship: How your credit score can open and slam doors for you - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

A Love/Hate Relationship: How your credit score can open and slam doors for you

There are many ways to get ahead financially: attend seminars where you cut up your credit cards with hundreds of other people, participate in debt...

Jan 8
2 min read
How To Find A Good Investment Property - Financial insights mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Financial insights

How To Find A Good Investment Property

Rental real estate is slowly becoming a good investment endeavour although there are some skeptical few who still thinks that it’s a daunting undertaking. Well...

Jan 5
4 min read