by Robert Stanfield | Dec 5, 2020 | Blog, Finance, Homeownership, Mortgage
Determining what you can comfortably afford to spend on a home is important to define well before you head out home shopping. Otherwise, you could waste time looking at homes that stretch you outside your financial comfort zone or, worse yet, are completely beyond...
by Robert Stanfield | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog, Economy, Finance
This holiday season is shaping up to be a lot different than holidays in the past thanks to COVID-19 – and especially the second wave that has seen many areas of the country hit hard with new cases. While we’re thankful for online shopping so we can still treat...
by Robert Stanfield | Nov 20, 2020 | Blog, Economy, Finance, Homeownership, Mortgage
Becoming a First-Time Homebuyer & Landlord at Once In Canada, there are nearly 4.5 million adults and families who live in rental housing – representing approximately one third of total households. If you’re looking to purchase a home, particularly your...
by Robert Stanfield | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog, Economy, Homeownership, Mortgage
There are a lot of unknown terms you’ll come across while buying a home – particularly as a first-time homebuyer. Two common payments that homebuyers sometimes use interchangeably, but are quite different, are “deposit” and “down payment”. Deposit When buying...
by Robert Stanfield | Nov 6, 2020 | Blog, Homeownership, Mortgage
How Does Skipping a Mortgage Payment Work? Many lenders provide the option for you to skip a mortgage payment each year to help alleviate those tight financial months where everything seems to come due at once. But this also may be an option to help you push...