What is the Overnight Rate?
Canadians watch the Bank of Canada’s interest rate like hawks, wondering what’s going to happen to the overnight rate and the prime rate. But aren’t these two the same thing? That is where it can get a little confusing. Historically the prime rate was the same as the overnight rate, so if you were referring…
Read moreEverything I Need to Know I Learned in Mortgage Class
Mortgages, second mortgages, home equity loans, and secured lines of credit. How many of us graduated from high school knowing everything there was to know about these topics? How many of us knew how much of a down payment we would need to buy a home; or even how much the average home cost in…
Read moreCanadians Getting Better at Paying Off Credit
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the government of Canada were so worried about household debt levels early last year that they imposed tighter rules on home loans including new mortgage insurance rules and tightening amounts loaned on secured lines of credit. That seemed to work for a little while, until later in 2011 when our…
Read moreING will Only Offer Collateral Mortgages; what are they?
“Following a move that TD Canada Trust made this past October, ING, the bank known for helping you “save your money” will now also only be offering collateral mortgages to their customers. The move has many consumers outraged, while it has others asking, “Just what is a collateral mortgage?” A collateral mortgage is one that…
Read moreMortgage Debt for Canadians is Going Down
For months we’ve been hearing about how Canadians need to start taking their debt seriously. The federal government started that ball rolling early in the year, putting tighter restrictions on secured line of credit borrowing. Canadians in turn, started to take their own debt seriously. Maybe because of the economic uncertainty around the world, or maybe just to keep our economy’s head above water – something we managed to do even during the recession. But among all the talk, there was always one exception – mortgages
Read moreAre Payday Loans Criminal?
Many of us know about payday loans, or have at least seen one of the many storefronts offering them – there are over 1300 in Canada, after all. And while many of us know of, or have heard of, these storefronts that charge extremely exorbitant fees and interest rates, are payday loans criminal?
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