What is Canada’s First-Time Home Buyer Incentive and How Can You Benefit From It? Are you hoping to buy your first home but unsure of how you’ll be able to save up the money required to put down the necessary down payment on it? For young...
In part 1 of this blog series, we assessed the benefits of buying a home over the holidays – including quicker sales closing rates and having fewer buyers to compete against. But let’s look at things from a seller’s perspective now and analyze how listing...
While buying or selling a home over the holidays might initially seem like a bad idea considering how busy everybody is throughout this time of year, it can actually work to your benefit in a number of ways. In this two-part blog series, we explore...
First-time homeowners tend to look for the lowest interest rate available when considering which mortgage to purchase. However, it’s important to note that a low rate isn’t necessarily the only criteria that will determine which product is best suited to your lifestyle. Everybody’s circumstances are...
Are millennials able to afford what baby boomers once were, or has the landscape changed drastically? With inflation rates rapidly rising and the cost of owning property quickly growing year over year, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at what first time...
Common Problems That Can Derail Your Home Inspection – Part 3 Throughout our three-part series about the most recurrent issues that new homeowners come across throughout their property inspection process, we have highlighted a multitude of elements you should have checked before signing off on your...
Common Problems That Can Derail Your Home Inspection – Part 2 Welcome back to Part 2 of our blog series about the most frequent issues you may encounter in your potential new home’s inspection. Our goal with this series is to spread general awareness about the...
Common Problems That Can Derail Your Home Inspection Part 1 So, you have made the house-hunting rounds, visited several options, and finally picked a top choice. But just when you have managed to whittle down your selection and settle on the main contender, you realize that...
Waiting to hear back about a mortgage pre-approval can be one of the most stressful stages of a future homeowner’s journey towards making their purchase. The most frequent questions our brokers receive from their clients involve wondering how to pre-approved by lenders, or which steps...
Deciding on which home you’d like to buy is only the first step in the process – from there comes a LOT of paperwork and small transactions. There is quite a bit of coordination involved throughout these steps to ensure that the bigger picture comes...
As you navigate through the process of applying for a mortgage, you are going to encounter a multitude of steps, paperwork, and challenges along the way. Just when it seems like everything finally makes sense, boom – you come across a hidden charge, surprise component,...