Tracey Ridout - Mortgage Broker

Tracey Ridout || June 27, 2023

Use these saving tips to become mortgage free!

Good news! It only takes small changes for you to become mortgage free and save thousands of dollars in interest. In December, Mortgage Professionals Canada released its annual state of the housing...

Tracey Ridout || June 27, 2023

Do you know all the costs of buying a home?

Before you take possession of your new home, you need to consider any and all additional costs of obtaining your mortgage - closing costs.. Home inspection...

Tracey Ridout || June 22, 2023

Economic brief: OSFI increases capital buffer requirement for Canadian banks

Canada's banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), has announced an increase in the capital buffer requirement for the country's largest...

Tracey Ridout || June 16, 2023

Mortgage interest now one of the biggest drivers of inflation

In a twist of irony, the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hikes—meant to slow the economy and bring down inflation—are now one of the leading upward contributors to inflation. Mortgage interest...