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2025-07-10 | 10:17:14
Budgeting Towards Homeownership
Transitioning from renter to homeowner is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make throughout your lifetime. It can also be a stressful experience if you don’t plan ahead by building a budget and saving prior to embarking upon homeownership...
2023-10-09 | 15:11:47
Strategies To Speed Your Way To Debt-Free Homeownership
Mortgages in Canada are generally amortized over 25 to 35 year terms. Nevertheless, with a little foresight and planning, and some sacrifice, most people can manage to pay off their mortgage in a much shorter period of time. Here are a few ways in...
2021-07-05 | 18:49:31
High prices trump stress test
Market watchers are keeping a close eye on the challenges facing first-time buyers like Millennials and Gen-Xers, but Boomers are still a significant influence.Much of the concern about first-time buyers centres on the tougher mortgage stress test...
2021-03-14 | 10:21:47
Canadian Households Add $110 Billion To Mortgage Debt In 2020
The pandemic didn’t slow Canadians from borrowing more to buy real estate. In fact, mortgage data may be showing the exact opposite. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows residential mortgage credit hit a record in 2020. Typically during a...
2020-12-21 | 09:23:04
Canadians continue to prioritize mortgage payments despite crisis
This year was one of change for the labour market, as COVID-19 caused a dramatic rise in global unemployment, with 2.7 billion workers affected by lockdowns world-wide. With millions of Canadians out of work, many economists were worried that...
2020-11-12 | 08:20:54
More consumers checking credit report amid pandemic, survey finds
According to a new report out by Equifax Canada, it found COVID-19 has resulted in people taking a closer look at their financial situation, resulting in an increased understanding about their relationship with credit. In fact, in the last 12 months,...