Category: Mortgage

If Mortgage Rates Can Fall Through the “floor” of the Prime Rate…what Else is Under the Floor?

“Lower than prime,” you heard someone say. Like most Canadians, you were probably first skeptical and then confused. We tend to think of the prime lending rate as the invisible “floor” of lending rates. The very best customers can get very close to that floor. It is theoretically possible, we reason, to actually be ON [...]

Saturday May 8th, 2010 in Mortgage | No Comments »

What are Mortgage Rates Like in Colorado? are They Different?

Colorado mortgage shopper may wonder, while they are shopping around for a loan, if there are different mortgage rates in the state? —? higher or lower than the rest of the nation. The basic answer is no, when you compare rates for mortgages in Colorado to elsewhere.
Mortgage rates in Colorado and other states are based [...]

Friday May 7th, 2010 in Mortgage | 2 Comments »

Denver Mortgages: More Than the Best Rate

Ask Denver mortgage loan providers what would-be borrowers want to know and the answer is simple. Those who are shopping for mortgage loans in Denver want to know what their rate would be for a Denver mortgage.
But for the average mortgage lender, the answer is hard to come up with at a moment’s notice. There [...]

Thursday May 6th, 2010 in Mortgage | No Comments »

How Denver and Colorado Mortgage Lenders Can Help if You’re Looking for a Denver or Colorado

If you are in Denver or Colorado and looking for a home loan there are many options for you, thanks to technology. You can look for a loan from anywhere in the country, but that doesn’t mean you should if you are looking to buy a refinance a Denver or Colorado mortgage.
No one has the [...]

Friday January 1st, 2010 in Mortgage | No Comments »

Make a Mortgage Broker Part of your Financial Plan

For most Canadians, buying a home is the largest financial decision they will make in their lifetime. Yet, consumers across the country are more likely to painstakingly review dozens of investment possibilities for their portfolios than to scrutinize their mortgage choices. The mortgage world – like the investment world – can sometimes be confusing. There [...]

Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 in Mortgage | No Comments »

Fast-tracking to Mortgage-free

Just imagine as you’re going through your favourite coffee drive-thru this week that a well-dressed gentleman stops and offers you $11,000 for your medium double double. Who would hesitate? We’d take the cash. It’s not so far-fetched. In fact, if you take that coffee budget and apply it to your monthly mortgage payment [...]

Tuesday December 15th, 2009 in Mortgage | No Comments »

Mortgage Plain-talk: What’s the Difference Between “amortization” and “term”?

There are many stresses associated with home buying – both financial and emotional. And frankly speaking, it doesn’t help that the process comes with its very own foreign language. While your mortgage broker can help de-mystify these terms, it helps to have a bit of a primer on what some of these terms mean. After [...]

Wednesday November 4th, 2009 in Mortgage | No Comments »

Your Mortgage Could be a Goldmine of Potential Savings

“A penny saved is a penny earned”… or so the old proverb goes. Of course, the value of a penny has changed somewhat from the time when your mother offered her wisdom on the value of keeping what you earn. Today, you could save thousands of dollars by simply making the right mortgage decision. If [...]

Monday September 21st, 2009 in Mortgage | No Comments »

Pick the Right Perks for your Adjustable Rate Mortgage

These are heavy days for Canadian homeowners. If you’ve been in your home even a few years, you’ve probably already enjoyed a modest climb in the value of your home. Even if you don’t intend to sell, it’s good to know that your real estate investment is doing well. But we’re also enjoying an environment [...]

Thursday September 17th, 2009 in Mortgage | No Comments »

Fixed or Variable-rate Mortgage?

“Wow!” you say to your spouse as you hit the brakes on the car. “Did you see the mortgage rate those guys are advertising?” Your worries are over, you’re thinking. Just lock in a rate like that for the next ten years, and you’ve got it made.

Not so fast. That rate may not be the [...]

Monday August 24th, 2009 in Mortgage | No Comments »