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Mortgages

Royal LePage

Budgeting

An almost 13% increase in national home prices by end of year

Most of the gains will come from Vancouver and GTA suburbs, as Alberta and Saskatchewan still struggle

An almost 13% increase in national home prices by end of year
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Columns

Can I get mortgage insurance if I’m on long-term disability?

A reader asks if it’s too late to get mortgage insurance, now that she is long-term disability benefits.

Can I get mortgage insurance if I’m on long-term disability?
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Buying

Insight into Vancouver’s real estate market

According to a new provincial government report, just over 5% of real estate purchases in metro Vancouver were made...

Insight into Vancouver’s real estate market
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Budgeting

Mortgage renewal: What’s best a variable or fixed rate?

A reader wants to help his parents and be debt-free sooner. Can he succeed with both goals?

Mortgage renewal: What’s best a variable or fixed rate?

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Budgeting

Is it the right time to buy a house? Yes. If you have answers

The practical answer has little to do with mortgage rates or housing prices

Is it the right time to buy a house? Yes. If you have answers
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Buying

This mortgage loophole puts us at risk

Opt for a five-year fixed rate mortgage and you don't have to qualify using the posted rate

This mortgage loophole puts us at risk
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Columns

Why can’t I deduct mortgage interest?

In Canada mortgage interest isn't tax deductible, unless you swap it with an investment loan

Why can’t I deduct mortgage interest?
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Mortgages

Pay down your mortgage faster to save in interest

A few extra dollars bi-weekly could make a big difference

Pay down your mortgage faster to save in interest

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Buying

Who’s to blame for high home prices?

Demographics, for one

Who’s to blame for high home prices?

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