Mortgage Renewals in Canada – More Bad News

Mortgage Renewals in Canada – More Bad News

Last month Mortgage Trends received an email from a distraught client who had just received a letter from his mortgage lender letting him know his mortgage maturing in just five months would NOT BE RENEWED! Another family complained that their mortgage lender had sent...
The Canadian Dream

The Canadian Dream

Happy Birthday #150 Canada! Under the heading: “Where Did The Time Go?”, I reflect with great fondness on my Canadian Experience on the 150th Anniversary of this great country. I was living in Montreal in 1967 the year of the Centennial – having just arrived from...
 	 Reality check

  Reality check

Recently I was talking to a bank manager friend of mine ‘Jack’ about this current crazy housing market and it presents a picture that is at once dangerous and lacking anything that makes sense! Jack is seeing on an almost daily basis, clients who purchased properties...
Re-financing may be an option

Re-financing may be an option

Although low interest rates and a vigorous housing market continue to be the norm, Canadians are still saddled with the burden of high debt loads. According to recent stats, the ratio of debt to disposable income rose to 167.3% by the end of 2016. This means that...