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Is It Time to Refinance Your Mortgage? - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

Is It Time to Refinance Your Mortgage?

Have interest rates dropped since you first bought your house? Are you in a considerably better place financially and credit wise than you were when...

Aug 20
3 min read
Knowing When You Are Ready To Buy - Housing Industry mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Housing Industry

Knowing When You Are Ready To Buy

All across Canada, there are thousands of people looking to a buy home – either now or in the future. Over the last few years,...

Aug 16
4 min read
Breaking into Home Ownership – Finding a Fixer Upper - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

Breaking into Home Ownership – Finding a Fixer Upper

With the housing market becoming more expensive, buyers must look for the best way to find an affordable home. A fixer upper is a great...

Jul 18
3 min read
Who Are the Key Players in the Mortgage Process? - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

Who Are the Key Players in the Mortgage Process?

That huge stack of paperwork you’ll face when you sign on all the dotted lines for a mortgage is the result of a lot of work by a whole team of real estate and mortgage professionals. We can’t list them…

Jun 16
3 min read
Mortgages with Savings - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Mortgage

Mortgages with Savings

Mar 21
0 min read
What Are The Consequences of Filing For Bankruptcy? - Financial insights mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Financial insights

What Are The Consequences of Filing For Bankruptcy?

Bankruptcy may be your quickest way of getting relief from your unbearable debt, but it is also the most damaging action to your credit ratings....

Mar 14
3 min read
Why you should have the relationship with more than one bank? - Investment Tips mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Investment Tips

Why you should have the relationship with more than one bank?

Why should you have the relationship with more than one bank? “Hope for the best, but plan for the worst and you will thrive even...

Mar 1
5 min read
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
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