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Bank of Canada rates – July 7, 2010 update

July 7, 2010

The Bank of Canada's qualifying rate has drifted downwards to 5.89% as of 06.30.2010... This should help 'ease' some people's concerns (a bit) when qualifying to purchase a home with a fixed term shorter than 5 years OR with a variable rate term.

First-Time Homebuyer walkthrough, day 4… making sense of it all and wrapping it all up!

June 24, 2010

Today, we wrap up the homebuying process' last 5 steps...

First-Time Homebuyer: a walkthrough, day 2

June 22, 2010

Yesterday, we had walked through the first two steps of the First-Time Homebuyer process that helped to digest some of the initial mental processing of ‘taking the plunge’ into home ownership. Today’s topics will cover more of the mapping process as well.

First-Time Homebuyers: a walkthrough, day 1

June 21, 2010

Many first-time homebuyers have the dream and the drive, but haven't done the mental 'math' of what really goes into the homebuying process. In this installment, we walk through some of the preliminary steps of mapping out the ABC's of the homebuying process. More to come throughout the week!