by Harpreet Sandhu | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog, Homeownership, Mortgage
Last month, the article “Can’t find the Perfect Property in Your Price Range” was published on the blog, where the purchase plus improvements program was outlined as a way to buy and renovate a property at the same time. If you are looking to buy a...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog, Finance, Video
Here is a video published by Canadian finance expert Preet Banerjee that discusses the impact simply increasing your annual contributions by 5% per year can have to your savings. Transcript How small increases to your savings can make a big difference to your...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog, Homeownership
You’re pre-approved for a mortgage, you’ve been shopping with location in mind, but unfortunately the perfect property isn’t jumping out at you. There is no doubt about it, finding the perfect property (within your price range) is a difficult task,...
by Harpreet Sandhu | May 15, 2017 | Blog, Productivity, Video
Chris Bailey from A Life of Productivity was recently asked to give a presentation at TEDxLiverpool, here it is in all it’s YouTube glory! Chris has been obsessed with the subject of productivity for more than a decade. In this talk, he argues that productivity...
by Harpreet Sandhu | May 1, 2017 | Blog, Finance, Guest Post
By Sandi Martin of Spring Personal Finance. The point: it doesn’t matter what method you use to pay off debt, or if you use any method at all. What matters is that you stop creating new debt. It’s out there: the mathematically precise, strictly rational formula for...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Homeownership, Mortgage
When you purchase a new home, there are many additional costs beyond the purchase price for which you will be responsible before you are handed the keys. In this Home Trust Mortgages Blog article, we will look at some of these additional expenses and provide a rough...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog
What Newcomers Need to know! The reason I have a blog and share information is to educate my clients and prospective clients about mortgages. Obviously there is a lot to know about mortgages, financing, and buying property, and there are a lot of great ways for me to...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog
There’s no doubt that you know the names of the major chartered banks in Canada, it’s hard to avoid them. There’s no need to even list them here, with the millions upon millions they spend in advertising dollars, you know who the are. But how many of...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Mortgage
As you may well be aware, the government has recently made changes to the way mortgages are qualified through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). In short, these changes have made it more expensive for some of the broker channel lenders to fund...
by Harpreet Sandhu | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog, Economy, Finance, Mortgage
With all the government changes happening in the mortgage market right now, the good people over at Mortgage Professionals Canada via their online publication Canadian Mortgage Trends just published an interesting couple of articles on their blog. Most recently...
