CMHC Increasing Mortgage Insurance Premiums for Buyers with Small Downpayments
Posted on Apr 12, 2015
OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is raising mortgage insurance premiums for homebuyers with less than a 10 per cent down payment by about 15 per cent, effective June 1.Premiums for homebuyers with a down payment of 10 per cent or more and for CMHC's portfolio insurance and multi-unit insurance products are unchanged.The changes do not app...
The World's 20 Largest Economies in 2030*
Posted on Apr 12, 2015
Get ready for a new economic order. In the world 15 years from now, the U.S. will be far less dominant, several emerging markets will catapult into prominence, and some of the largest European economies will be slipping behind.
That's according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest macroeconomic projections that go out to 2030, displayed i...
That's according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest macroeconomic projections that go out to 2030, displayed i...
Vancouver. Why People Want to Visit and...then Live!
Posted on Apr 12, 2015
I'm just sitting at the Vancouver airport (voted one of the nicest in the world) waiting to board my Air Canada flight to China. I was just reminding myself as to why I was getting back on a plane when the last 15 years of my work life have been spent on a plane. I sell Real Estate now. My neighbourhood is what I sell. So why China? To ignore a cou...
7 Quick Home Inspections That Could Save Your Life
Posted on Apr 05, 2015
https://brightnest.com/posts/7-quick-home-inspections-that-could-save-your-life
Locals Are Adapting and Buying
Posted on Apr 05, 2015
I thought this was a nice quick article which describes the attitude Vancouverites are taking to the market. Sure there is a grumbling about affordability but with a certain resignation of "whaddya do?" https://www.vancouversun.com/business/Barbara+Yaffe+Vancouver+home+buyers+unfazed+skyrocketing+prices/10942158/story.html
Seemingly There's No Slowing in West Vancouver
Posted on Apr 04, 2015
There is an endless demand for view properties in Ambleside and Dundarave, the hottest parts of West Vancouver. I recently listed this 46 year old house and it sold near ask for $2.8M with no subjects in 24 hours. 