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The Mortgage Centre is a mortgage broker firm, focused on meeting the needs of BC mortgage borrowers from our offices in Kamloops BC Canada. This site is designed to provide you, the mortgage borrower with the information you need to make one of your most important life decisions-purchasing or refinancing your home. You will find articles, mortgage calculators, economic commentaries and analysis,current mortgage rates and links to Canadian Mortgage industry information.
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Benjamin Tal Economic Buzz – Fall 2011
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - Oct 19, 2011 Accidents can happen to any economy. Temporary troubles in energy and autos hit exports hard during the second quarter, which was enough to push Canada's Gross Domestic Product (the size of our economy with inflation factored in) into a decline—even though demand was healthy at home. This made the quarter look worse than it really [...]...more |
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Broker or Bank Mortgage Specialist?
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - Oct 18, 2011 It seems that a number of Bank Mortgage Representatives (Specialists) have been holding themselves out to be "Mortgage Brokers". This week, one Bank Representative in Toronto sheepishly and without comment, withdrew the "Mortgage Broker" title from his website after being challenged by an industry publication. Another trend in the unregulated world of the Internet is [...]...more |
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Reverse Mortgages
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - May 24, 2011 From time to time I am asked about Reverse Mortgages and how they work. Our main partner in this product is 'CHIP' or Canadian Home Income Plan. In order to qualify for a CHIP Reverse Mortgage, both you and your spouse must be at least age 60. The typical borrower who benefits from this program [...]...more |
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Stability In The Canadian Mortgage Market
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - May 11, 2011 The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) just released their Spring Survey Report on the Canadian Mortgage Market (Published with permission). The report was penned by CAAMP's Chief Economist, Will Dunning. Here are some of the conclusions of that report: There is currently $855 billion in mortgages on principal residences and $215 billion in [...]...more |
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Benjamin Tal-Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets “Economic Buzz”
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - May 01, 2011 Spring 2011 – Strong First Quarter Growth To Slow As Year Progresses Canada's fourth quarter growth rate of 3.3% hints of a robust pace to start 2011. Final domestic demand accelerated to 4.7% with healthy gains in all categories except housing construction. Exports posted a more than 17% annualized gain. Corporate profits are 16% above [...]...more |
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A Prime Rate Increase Warning?
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - Apr 27, 2011 This week a few Mortgage Lenders have announced an increase in Variable Rate Mortgage Rates. The Premium under Prime Rate has been decreased (that means an increase in the rate borrowers pay on new mortgages). For example, what was priced at Prime minus .65% is now being priced at Prime minus .40%–a rate increase of [...]...more |
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Are Borrowers Ready For Higher Rates?
MortgageAware.com, Kamloops - Apr 19, 2011 The signs are there. Inflation is trending up. Bond yields are rising. There’s still no foolproof way to predict interest rates, when they will rise and by how much. What every borrower can do is to test at what interest rate “financial discomfort” occurs so that he or she can manage that risk. The best [...]...more |