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Beginning January 24, 2011, TD Canada Trust will offer more flexible payment options to eligible mortgage customers. These new features allow customers to take advantage of amounts they have paid ahead when the unexpected happens. For example, customers
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With the decline in the affordability of real estate in Vancouver itself more and more people have been been moving further and further away from their jobs. Now I live in work within no more than a 30 minute drive of anywhere I need to be, but many,
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They (the Canadian Real Estate Association) tell me they have made some improvements to realtor.ca. Personally I don't search for real estate there unless I am curious about some area outside of Greater Vancouver. Here is what they had to say about:
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corportation, or CMHC, is now offering another down payment option to Canadian home buyers. This product, called Flex Down, offers buyers a "wider range of sources for their down payment such as borrowed funds and
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I received a mortgage update email from one of my trusty mortgage brokers, Ray Mayer , just now and I thought the advice he gave was quite good and might be of interest to you. So I asked Ray if I could share it with you here and he said " NO! ".
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Vancouver real esate is a favourite topic for the local papers and today was not different, but remember their primary goal is selling newspapers.
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So the September stats from the Real Estate Board came out yesterday and it was great new with prices up 400% and sales up by 1 billion units. Okay, just kidding, the news was bad. Sales were down 42.9 per cent compared to last September. As well 28.8
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Canada has a new real estate search site and honestly I am not sure if we need one. Canada is VERY lucky to have a place in mls.ca (soon/eventually to disappear) and realtor.ca where you can find virtually every property for sale on the MLS in Canada.
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The day started off with some pretty good new in my inbox with an email from RBC letting me know that housing starts were up in August. As I have mentioned before I don't think monthly housing starts are too useful anyways, but up is always better
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The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA), the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC (CHBA BC) and the Urban Development Institute (UDI) today announed the new "Presale Cross Reference List" to help consumers with understanding
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No time to write much about it (I'll update this later), but realtor.ca is now live. Go check it out! Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®
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This was the headline of the British Columbia Real Estate Associations (BCREA) news release today. BCREA Chief Economist says “Rising fuel and food prices are impacting the housing market, as many potential homebuyers take a wait and see approach
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Well, starting June 23rd, this form and ALL the info it asks for will be required by law in Canada for all real estate transactions. This is part of the Proceeds of Crime Money (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act which I am guessing was passed
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I like to CAPITALIZE the first letter of very word in my titles, but small case seemed better today. Anyway, yes, mls.ca will no longer be mls.ca although they will, of course, be re-directing
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The Bank of Canada cut it's overnight rate by 50 basis points,or 1/2 a percent, to 3% this morning. The major bank will most likey respond with a cut in their mortgage rates. The rationale for the cut was that: Growth in the global economy has weakened,
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