by Nick Bachusky | Aug 5, 2014 | Closing Costs, First Time Homebuying, Mortgage Trends
I just wanted to take this great article from Rob Carrick, financial writer with the Globe and Mail and make it more focused to people in Ottawa looking for advice for saving for their down payment. The original article can be read HERE. We will go through 9 tips on...
by Nick Bachusky | Jun 11, 2014 | Amortization, CMHC, First Time Homebuying, Mortgage Trends, Real Estate Investing, Refinancing
In March and April 2014, CMHC completed an online survey of 3,584 recent mortgage consumers, all prime household decision-makers who had undertaken a mortgage transaction in the past 12 months. Fifty-five percent had undergone a mortgage renewal, 22% had refinanced...
by Nick Bachusky | May 14, 2014 | First Time Homebuying, Lunch Out Loud Ottawa
[spreaker type=standard width=100% autoplay=false episode_id=4440431] The music we feature this week is from the Ottawa group The Yips. You can download and listen to their “Air Loom” EP here! Find them on Facebook here. This week we met up...
by Nick Bachusky | May 13, 2014 | First Time Homebuying, Uncategorized
As many of you know in my previous life before mortgages I worked at both TD and RBC as a financial advisor. I absolutely loved reading the financial news in the newspapers and applying it to my daily life with my clients. The banks did not value this as it was more...
by Nick Bachusky | May 6, 2014 | Closing Costs, First Time Homebuying
I received this article from Ottawa realtor Ryan Jones in his monthly email and I thought it would be great to share with my clients and potential clients: Whether I am representing the Buyer or the Seller in a transaction, I always like to reiterate that a...
by Nick Bachusky | Mar 5, 2014 | First Time Homebuying, Innovations, Mortgage Trends
I think this is a wonderful chart that every new borrower of mine should look at in detail and think about all of the questions. It is my duty work to answer the questions with you as well. I know that there are a lot of questions here and it may seem...
