Housing dilemma – Part 3:  decision made Should we stay or should we go? If we go, will we get good value for our current home? Is our timing right to move?  What will the market be like when we…

Who can afford a teardown home these days? On my way to work each morning, it’s not hard to find new homes under construction. The interesting thing about some of these new home builds, there was already a home in…

Housing dilemma – Part 2 Should we stay or should we go?  If we go, when do we pull the trigger? When we go, will we get good value for our home? Could we overpay for a place in the…

Housing dilemma Should we stay or should we go?  If we go, when? It’s a tough question to answer.  One that my wife and are talking about now – frequently. December 2010 – present We’ve been here for almost seven…

Apparently big brother is actually watching the Canadian housing market. The federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau finally announced new measures this week aimed at cooling the Canadian housing market – measures that should curb the ridiculously high debt levels that…

If you’ve applied for a mortgage or renewed your mortgage you already know these processes can be stressful, time consuming, daunting and fraught with lots of questions.  No doubt questions like:  “Did I think of everything?”, “Am I getting the…