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Who Are the Key Players in the Mortgage Process? - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
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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…

Voytek Jedrusiak Voytek Jedrusiak
Jun 16
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....

Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak
Mar 14
Why you should have the relationship with more than one bank? - Investment Tips mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
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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...

Voytek Jedrusiak Voytek Jedrusiak
Mar 1
Fixed or Variable? How to protect your mortgage from higher interest rates. - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
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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...

Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak
Feb 16
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…

Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak
Jan 12
Refinancing Can Put Cash In Your Pocket 💰💰💰 - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
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Refinancing Can Put Cash In Your Pocket 💰💰💰

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...

Voytek Jedrusiak Voytek Jedrusiak
Jan 11
A Love/Hate Relationship: How your credit score can open and slam doors for you - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
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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...

Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak
Jan 8
Money from your house through Home Equity Loan or Line of Credit - Equity Loans mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
Equity Loans

Money from your house through Home Equity Loan or Line of Credit

Do you own a house? If so, you already have realized the Greatest Canadian Dream, which many of us continue to work hard to have. Additionally,...

Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak
Dec 7
Four Questions You Should Ask Your Broker !!! - Mortgage mortgage article | Best Rates Canada
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Four Questions You Should Ask Your Broker !!!

1. What are mortgage interest rates based on?   The only correct answer is the Bank of Canada rate for variable mortgages and Mortgage Backed...

Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak Monika Tarnik-Jedrusiak
Dec 4