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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

How To Destroy Your Credit Rating

Interesting article seen in the Averbach Blog, by Mike Averbach and justin Blacklock



Think you have a great credit score?  You could be dead wrong!  There are many ways to drive your credit score down fast .... some of them don't take any effort at all!


Here are a few examples:

One young lady collected a few tickets from a parking lot she thought ought to be free.  She trashed the tickets...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

Vancouver East Attached Market Statistics June 08 - June 10

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Why You Should Lock In

Below is an article written by Mike Averbach, as seen in the Averbach news. 

In today's edition of Averbach News, we're going to talk about the importance of locking in a current variable rate mortgage at today's all-time low fixed rates.

Long story short: if you have had a VRM at anywhere from Prime minus .60 to .90 over the last 3-5 years, your average rate has been in the 3.6 to 3.9% range....

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Vancouver Real Estate Update - RBC, TD hike mortgage rates

Royal Bank and TD Canada Trust announced Monday they are increasing several fixed mortgage rates by up to 6/10ths of a percentage point.

The biggest jump is attached to the popular five-year fixed closed rate, which moves from 5.25 per cent to 5.85 per cent at both banks. That's the posted rate, which is routinely discounted by the big banks.

RBC's new discounted rate for the five-year term also rises...

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Days of rock-bottom interest rates are numbered - Vancouver Real Estate Info

From Saturday's Globe and Mail, 

The clock is ticking on Canada's record-low borrowing costs, as inflation continues to move at a faster rate than the central bank had expected.

The hot reading on inflation issued by Statistics Canada Friday is raising expectations that the Bank of Canada could lift interest rates as early as June.

Economists, meanwhile,...

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Toronto ravine home: a subtly-moulded Modernism

A ravine home by architect Siamak Hariri is at once generous and rigorous. At 11,000 sq. ft., it is a large house, but careful manipulation of interior spaces has banished any hint of chilly vastness.

 There's an interesting book to be written about the deluxe modernist houses that hover over Toronto's lovely, deep ravines.
The available ravine-side building sites are often awkward in shape and...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

New Mortgage Insurance Rules For Canada in 2010 - Vancouver Real Estate Info

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced changes to mortgage insurance rules intended to come into force on April 19, 2010, as follows:

1. All borrowers must meet the standards for a five-year fixed rate mortgage even if they choose a mortgage with a lower interest rate and shorter term. 

2. The maximum amount one can withdraw in refinancing their mortgage will be reduced to 90%...

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

New Rules Governing Mortgages Leave Some Customers Confused - Vancouver Real Estate Info

Insured buyers must show 'ability to pay'...

By James Pasternak, Financial Post

When Frank and Susan Williams bought a house near Hamilton, Ont., this month, they followed a time-honoured tradition of using leveraged financing.

With mortgage insurance, they only had to put down 5% of the $270,000 purchase price. They went with a closed variable rate at 2.25% and amortized the loan over 35 years. The...

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Friday, March 12, 2010

B.C. home Hunters Feeling More Motivated

36% say they are likely to buy in the next two years, up from 26% last year, poll shows...

Sentiment among would-be homebuyers continues to improve in B.C., according to an annual RBC home ownership study released on Monday.

The study reported that 36 per cent of B.C. residents in a recent survey conducted by Ipsos Reid said they are likely to purchase a home in the next two years, up from 26 per cent...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

February Market Stats for Vancouver & Surrounding Areas

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