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We keep our finger on the pulse of the mortgage investment market to provide you with the latest news and trends from our team of experts. Read our blog to get the latest on mortgage investing so you can invest with CMI.

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19 August 2012

Would Falling House Prices Really be So Bad?

Even though experts have been predicting a drop of only 10 to 15 per cent in home values over the next several years, lots of people are still worried about a housing bubble in Canada – especially in super hot markets such as Toronto. July home sales across the country proved just the opposite, increasing…

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18 August 2012
What Happens if Your Debit Card is Stolen?

You know how your bank is always telling you to never, ever give out your secret PIN code on your bank card to anybody? Turns out, there’s a reason they say that! Of course, you don’t want to give out your PIN to protect your account and so that not just anyone can tap into…

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18 August 2012
Is there a Quick Fix for Bad Credit when Getting a Mortgage?

So many people go to their lender or their mortgage broker, knowing that they have bad credit, and wondering what’s available to them on the mortgage market. When they find out there’s very little, they then of course want to know what’s the quickest fix to their bad credit situation. Is there a way to…

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17 August 2012
Thinking of Buying U.S.? Consider it Carefully!

Earlier this week we wrote a post about how buying foreign – both in Europe and the United States – was becoming increasingly popular for Canadians. But new stats from the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city home price index have shown that Canadians who want to own property in the States need to be very careful when…

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17 August 2012
Do Volume Incentives Make Your Broker Less Objective?

Many people know that when you use a mortgage broker in Toronto, there is no fee to the homeowner or the homebuyer. The lenders the broker works with will supply them with commission for drumming up some business for them; and the customer still ends up getting the best rate. But do they? What about…

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16 August 2012
What do you Ask of Your Babysitter?

Did you used to babysit when you were a kid or a teenager? Do you have a babysitter for your own kids now? If the answer was “yes” to both of those questions, the chances are that your babysitter today looks much different than you did in your sittin’ days – and it’s due to…

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16 August 2012
When Hotels Become Condos

Have you ever stayed at a really nice hotel and wished you could live there? Housekeeping and room service included? Well aside from these nice amenities that make a visit to a hotel just that, you could soon actually be living that hotel lifestyle should you choose. That’s should you buy one of the newest…

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