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Vancouver Mortgage Broker
January 2014

What You Need to Know When Buying a Condo

Whether you’re a baby boomer looking to downsize or a first-time homebuyer, condos are a popular option, especially in pricey markets like Vancouver. What’s not...

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January 2014

Affordable Housing Options in Vancouver

With residents in Vancouver spending so much on housing, how’s a family supposed to make ends met? It should come as no surprise that many...

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January 2014

Home Insurance - Am I Covered?

2013 was a year full of extreme weather. In June, we saw the floods in Alberta that no one could have prepared for. The floods...

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December 2013

Types of Mortgages Available In Vancouver

If you are planning to purchase a house with a mortgage in Vancouver, you should have a basic understanding of the different types of plans...

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December 2013

Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) in Canada

An Adjustable Rate Mortgage is a long-term home mortgage that features an adjustable interest rate.  Its counterpart, the fixed rate mortgage, has a predetermined mortgage...

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December 2013

3 Tips to Know When to Refinance Mortgage

If you feel you are paying too much on your mortgage, you always have the option to refinance your mortgage. The problem many homeowners fall...

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November 2013

Why You Should Be Using a Mortgage Calculator

When you are working on deciding what kind of home you are going to buy, you need to think about the mortgage you can afford....

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November 2013

How to Cut Your Insurance Premiums

Even though the modern borrower obtaining a mortgage loan is a lower risk, there is still an insistence in the mortgage industry for borrower to...

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November 2013

Tips for Paying Off Your Mortgage Payment Early

Buying a home is a really exciting experience for people. Making a mortgage payment for the rest of your life is not as exciting of...

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July 2013

Chapter 4 - Types of Insurance

In the world of life insurance there are dozens of products. They have catchy names such as Genesis, Estatemaster, Exce Life, Estate Advantage, and Wealth...

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