Bank of Canada Announcement

General Trish Pigott 6 Dec

HEADS UP all you variable rate mortgage holders: The Bank of Canada made no changes to the interest rate today. However it gave cautious warnings to us Canadians that increases are likely coming… To read more on this announcement CLICK HERE.

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR HOME OWNERS AND POTENTIAL BUYERS

General Trish Pigott 5 Oct

Jeremy Rudin, Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), which is the organization that governs our federal banks and policy, announced that they will finalize the new mortgage criteria later this month.  Despite the amount of criticism they have received from their industry consultation with major banks and economists, they have no intention of backing off the […]

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The Bank of Canada has once again raised its benchmark interest rate

General Trish Pigott 6 Sep

 The Bank of Canada has again raised its benchmark interest rate by one-quarter point to 1.0 per cent.  Click the link for some further insight to the increase of the Bank of Canada interest rate increase this morning from DLC’s Chief Economist Dr. Sherry Cooper. https://dominionlending.ca/news/bank-canada-takes-action/

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Bank of Canada Update – July 12 2017

General Trish Pigott 12 Jul

For the first time in seven years, the Bank of Canada announced today that it was increasing its key overnight rate by a quarter percentage point (25 basis points) bringing it to 0.75 percent as the economy has staged a broadly based economic expansion this year. In a break from tradition, the Bank has taken […]

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No Action by the Fed but Hikes Coming…

General Trish Pigott 1 Feb

Great insights from Dominion Lending’s economist Dr. Sherry Cooper.  In the article below she speaks to the decision today to leave rates unchanged in the US but could see hikes coming soon with the uncertainty of the Trump administration.  Click Here to Review Full Article

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Lender Update – BC Home Partnership Program

General Trish Pigott 11 Jan

Everyday we are getting updates with what lenders will participate in the new down payment loan program annoucned on December 15th by the BC Government.  CMLS Financial has confirmed that they will take part in this program that will allow first time home buyers to take a loan from the BC government to form part […]

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Lender Update – BC Home Partnership Program

General Trish Pigott 11 Jan

Everyday we are getting updates with what lenders will participate in the new down payment loan program annoucned on December 15th by the BC Government.  Street Capital Financial has confirmed that they will take part in this program that will allow first time home buyers to take a loan from the BC government to form […]

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Check Your BC Assessed Value for 2017 Here

General Trish Pigott 3 Jan

BC Assessed Values are now available online.  Don’t be too surprised when you see a substantial increase over 2015.  For property owners where your value is over $1.2M, unfortunately you no longer qualify for the Home Owners Grant for your 2017 property taxes.  If you would like to see your value before receiving it in […]

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