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2017 Spring Market Prediction & Warning

2017 Spring Market Prediction & Warning

Most Realtors I speak with on a day-to-day basis have buyers starting to stack up like cordwood, and a very limited supply of properties to show said buyers.   I have written posts for several years outlining why ‘there is no bubble’, and little has changed....
Interest Rates, First Time Buyers & Socks

Interest Rates, First Time Buyers & Socks

Following a similar post 363 days ago of the same title…this post is a very brief summary of two much longer ones written earlier today. You may click the links that follow for the long version. As we race into the holiday season, a few brief notes for first-time...
Tell Me About Interest Rates…

Tell Me About Interest Rates…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]Some facts, and some thoughts on the recent movement we have seen with regard to interest rates. VARIABLE & SHORT-TERM FIXED Variable-rate and short-term (1, 2, & ~3 yr) fixed are largely dictated by Bank of Canada...
Interest Rates & More

Interest Rates & More

Interest Rates Last week we touched on TD’s 0.15% move with existing variable-rate mortgage clients. There is nothing new to add this week as TD remains the only lender to make such a move with variable-rate clients. Perhaps TD backs down soon, perhaps other banks...
Real Estate Stats; The Sky Is Not Falling

Real Estate Stats; The Sky Is Not Falling

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]Numbers; the bane of our modern existence. We increasingly put our faith in, and base decisions on, what the numbers tell us. Which is to say we allow our decisions, and mindset, to be shaped by the people filtering and...