When Prepayment Penalties go Too Far
Prepayment penalties are nothing new. If you get a Toronto mortgage (or a mortgage anywhere in Canada for that matter) and you want to pay it off early, you’ll need to pay a certain amount in prepayment penalty fees in order to do it. While these fees are something that every homeowner tries to avoid…
Read moreShould Mortgage Brokers have to Reveal Commissions?
If you’re looking for a Toronto mortgage, and you need help from a Toronto mortgage broker in order to do it, you’ll be happy to know it won’t cost you a thing. In Canada, even though the broker is working for you, they get paid commissions by the lender in exchange for finding that lender…
Read moreManulife Loving Mortgage Changes
It’s been the same story for over a year now. The government of Canada sees a problem with HELOCs and home equity loans in Canada and so, they tighten up the rules a bit. Afterwards, economists and analysts praise the Finance Minister, while banks get in an uproar about how they’re unnecessary. Of course, why…
Read moreDodge Criticizes Carney, the Globe Pushes Back
There’s been an interesting debate going on for the last couple of days in Canada. David Dodge, who was the former Bank of Canada governor from February 1, 2001 to January 31, 2008 has recently spoken out against Mark Carney, saying that he disagrees with the now-Governor when it comes to the housing market in…
Read moreOur Banks are Pretty Good!
Ever since David MacDonald of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives accused our federal government earlier this week of giving our major banks bailouts, there’s been little talk of anything else. But not only were our banks not bailed out during the recession, they actually performed much better than many of the global banking systems….
Read moreWill You go for the ScotiaHockey NHL Card?
Banks have forever been trying to lure customers away from Toronto mortgage brokers, as well as other banks and lenders by offering them deals that are sometimes too good to be true and other times, just coming up with something so creative and unique that Canadians just can’t resist. And that’s just what Scotiabank did…
Read moreWhat is a Bank Bailout?
Yesterday we talked about the study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, in which they accused our federal government of giving the banks a bailout during the recession. While we disagree with this line of thinking, and explained in our post yesterday as to why we disagree with it, it’s raised some interesting…
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