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Mortgagenomics Canada — 237 episodes

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1

Do You Need a Lawyer for Your Mortgage?

2

Independent Legal Advice

3

Gifted Down Payments - are they allowed?

4

Co-Signer or Guarantor - What's the Difference?

5

Keep your place and rent it out.

6

Canadian Bond Yields Pointing to December Rate Hike

7

The Pre-Approval Variables Nobody Checks

8

Time in the Market will always Beat Timing the Market

9

Mortgage Renewal Showdown

10

Qualifying for a Mortgage after Bankruptcy

11

The BoC Held Rates — But Read the Fine Print

12

Income Gross-Up for Mortgage Qualification in Canada

13

Canada May Jobs Report 2026

14

How Middle East tension affects your mortgage rate

15

Property Transfer Tax & GST exemptions in BC and AB

16

5yr fixed rate - a stable play?

17

Why Mortgage Qualification Feels Like Being Put on Trial

18

The Canadian Mortgage Market Is Quietly Changing

19

Mortgage Problems Nobody Warns You About During a Divorce

20

The hidden calories in todays mortgage rates...

21

Resetting Your First-Time Buyer Status After a Separation

22

A mortgage that qualifies you based on your assets

23

A mortgage with a strategic maturity date - the US Presidential election date

24

What Happens If My New Condo Appraises Substantially Lower?

25

Hurry up when completing a mortgage application!

26

GST Rebate Now in Effect

27

BoC Holds Rates… But Pressure Is Building

28

Vancouver: A Temporary Population Dip… or a Setup for the Next Wave?

29

How to avoid payment shock at renewal time

30

Fixed mortgage rates on the rise in Canada, heads up!

31

The Quiet Shift Happening Inside Canadian Homes

32

When Two Buyer Profiles Collide

33

First Time Homebuyer - do it again!

34

What Banks look for when reviewing your Condo Documents

35

Making changes to your land title

36

Vancouver Condo Market 2025: Is Now the Time to Buy?

37

Strategic Entry Points for First-Time Home Buyers in Vancouver

38

Want to to fix Canada's affordability crisis? Make mortgage payments tax deductible!

39

2025 Fall Mortgagenomic Update

40

Understanding Mortgage Rate Holds

41

Optimizing Debt Servicing Ratios for Mortgage Qualification

42

Mortgage qualification for self employed applicants in Canada

43

Mortgage Renewal Payment Shock in Canada

44

Mortgage Stress Test in Canada

45

Mortgage Brokers in Canada Explained 🇨🇦

46

Converting your variable rate mortgage to a fixed term- how many actually do it?

47

Real Estate Closing Costs - banks want proof you can pay for them

48

Buying a Property from a Family Member with $0 down

49

Nothing burger from Bank of Canada

50

GST relief for first-time home buyers on new homes valued up to $1.5 million

51

First-Time Homebuyers: You're not just getting in, you're getting ahead.

52

Biweekly mortgage payments...does it really make an impact?

53

Anxious Optimism: What's Really Happening in Vancouver Real Estate?

54

Canada's aging population embraces the concept of Reverse Mortgages

55

Vancouver Pre-Sale Condo Market - good or bad?

56

Calgary Market Update with Joe Oulovsky

57

The Rise of Multiplex Housing in Metro Vancouver: What Homeowners Need to Know

58

Two Buyer Groups set to move Real Estate Markets in Western Canada

59

Vancouver Market Update with Andrew Way

60

Alberta and BC First Time Home Buyers- Essentials

61

My Condo is Worth Less Than What I Bought It For—Should I Be Concerned?

62

Vancouver Market Update with Andrew Way (Jan 18/25)

63

Interest Rates & New Mortgage Rules set to move markets in 2025

64

3-Month Interest vs. IRD: Understanding Mortgage Break Penalties

65

Vancouver Real Estate Update with Andrew Way

66

Calgary Market Update with Jimmy Olandesca

67

Mortgage Break Penalties

68

Vancouver Market Update with Andrew Way

69

Calgary Market Update with Jimmy Olandesca

70

Edmonton Market Update with John Milakovic

71

Canadian real estate market - buy now, or wait?

72

Conquering the Barriers of Self Employed Mortgage Qualification

73

Edmonton Market Update with John Milakovic

74

The perfect mortgage for Canadian seniors aged 65 and older

75

30 year Amortization Makes a Comeback in Canada's Mortgage Sector

76

Vancouver Market Update with Andrew Way

77

Canada finally stands up to dirty money – too little too late?

78

The final quarter of 2024 is near, what lies ahead?

79

The power of Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common, Canada's population, and Alberta's oil!

80

30 year amortizations for First Time Home Buyers & BOC Rate Announcement ahead!

81

Funding a Divorce Settlement with Mortgage Proceeds

82

Qualifying for a mortgage while moving to Alberta

83

Enhanced mortgage qualification rules for New Canadians

84

How to build your credit history if you are new to Canada?

85

Is your mortgage renewal keeping you up at night?

86

Buy now, or wait for interest rates to drop further?

87

Mortgage Qualification for Pre-Sale Condos - be careful.

88

Rate forecast pointing to variable rate mortgages and weaker Canadian dollar

89

Deep diving into Vancouver & Calgary from a real estate and mortgagenomic perspective

90

Survival Guide for First-Time Home Buyers in Canada

91

The key to qualifying for a single-family dwelling in Vancouver - the basement suite

92

I bet you didn't know this about the RRSP First Time Home Buyer Program

93

BC and Alberta are ramping up in more ways than one

94

Overlooked Mortgage Qualification Criteria

95

Maternity Leave, Child Support, and Canada Child Benefits - can you use them to qualify for a mortgage?

96

Interest Rates, Affordability, Zoning, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup!

97

Is your Mortgage Pre-Approval Optimized for Maximum Purchasing Power?

98

Interprovincial Mortgage Brokers

99

The Truth Behind Mortgage Pre-Approvals and Rate Guarantees

100

Mortgages, Real Estate, and Life in 2024

101

Mortgage Qualification Hacks for Self-Employed Applicants

102

Spouses with different residency statuses who want to purchase a home together

103

Foreign Buyer Tax, Prohibition Act, and Mortgage Qualification

104

What's the difference between a mortgage renewal and a mortgage refinance?

105

Does Switching Banks for Mortgage Renewal Cost Me Anything?

106

Financing conditions are due in 7 days!

107

The Power of "Addition by Subtraction" in Mortgage Qualification

108

Rock-bottom interest rates...how do you get one?

109

Mortgage Programs in Canada for Dentists, Veterinarians, and Optometrists who are in the process of or completing residency/fellowship

110

InTheNews-NoHike+RateDrop?+DealsImWorkingOn!

111

Is now the right time to choose a variable rate mortgage?

112

Mortgage Rate Holds: Banker or Mortgage Broker

113

Mortgage coming due?

114

Mortgage Programs in Canada for Doctors who are in the process of or completing residency/fellowship

115

What today's rising bond yields mean for your mortgage rates

116

Work Permit Holders and Homebuying: Can Gifted Money Cover Your Down Payment?

117

Inflationary Pressures and Mortgage Rates: How Canadians Can Prepare

118

From Business Owner to Homeowner: Self-Employed Mortgage Essentials

119

BOCAnnouncementRecap+WhatToDoGoingForward?

120

From the desk of a mortgage broker (Aug 28, 2023)

121

Does your residential property fulfill the lender’s eligibility criteria?

122

Time is Running Out: Repay Your CEBA Loan and Save with Mortgage Refinancing

123

The Second Home Mortgage

124

InTheNews- July12BofC+ BuildingIsExpensive+ AlbertaAffordability

125

Good Bye Vancouver, Hello Calgary!

126

The 5% Down Payment Mortgage

127

InTheNews- What the Bank of Canada doesn’t tell you

128

AvoidingForeclosure+LowRates+Leaseholds+FirstTimersInVancouver!

129

RefinanceMyMortgage?+RentVSBuy+SocialCrisis+RateHolds!

130

SubjectFreeWithConditions?+GoAlbertaGo+Porting+MortgagesForPresaleCondos

131

ImmigrationStats+BlackSwanSpringEvent+LiveDeals+MortgageOptionsForPensioners

132

Upcoming mortgage renewal have you stressed about payment shock?

133

Qualifying for an Investment Property Mortgage

134

Expanded Details of the Foreign Real Estate ban in Canada

135

Permanent Residents in Canada have 5 years to take advantage of this mortgage qualification program

136

If I had to pick a mortgage right now, it would be…

137

Can I use Part-Time Income to qualify for a mortgage?

138

How to reduce your mortgage payment in a rising interest rate environment

139

2 year Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians

140

What's all this talk about Calgary?

141

Mortgage Rate Holds

142

Options for variable rate mortgage holders with trigger rates and trigger points

143

Undecided about how to proceed with your mortgage renewal?

144

Temporary Residents, Mortgage Qualification, and Foreign Buyer Tax in Canada

145

What's it like qualifying for a mortgage in 2022, so far?

146

Increasing Rates, Fixed-Payment Variables and Maximizing your Income Qualification

147

Eligibility for Temporary Residents seeking a mortgage in Canada with less than 20% down payment

148

What is considered a proper mortgage pre approval?

149

Refinancing your home to purchase a rental property

150

Co-Signers, Guarantors, Joint Tenants, and Tenants in Common

151

Qualifying for a mortgage when relocating to another province

152

Your mortgage pre-approval doesn’t include leased land | 100,000’s of foreign nationals became Permanent Residents in Canada…see ya later foreign buyer tax! | wtf…rate’s didn’t go up?! | are variable rate mortgages a bad play right now?

153

Property Disclosure Statements | 10 random buyer profiles in Calgary & Vancouver real estate market | I think Prime Rate is going up on Jan 26 | Rate predictions for 2022

154

Mortgage Renewals | Politics & Onion Peeling | Whats worse? Rising interest rates or rising inflation? | Time to move to Calgary? | Interest Rate wrap up

155

BulletproofMortgagePreApprovals | Relax, you've been stress tested! | 122,748 New Canadians | City Hall & Pitchforks |

156

Mortgages for Self Employed | Let the recovery begin | Oil royalties are UP | Prime Rate stays same

157

Loan-to-value ratios mean everything | watch succession and yellowstone | list your home on thursdays | mortgage qualification = guilty until proven innocent | interest rates

158

Rental Property Mortgages | Investors flooding market? | Going long on rates | Real Estate & Currency

159

Cash Back Mortgages | Bank of Canada wavering on projected rate rise? | the ever expanding fixed-variable rate spread - its big | ditch general news, embrace sports and business news

160

Subprime Mortgages still around? | Canada + population density = Bahamas | BC is Canada's destination

161

Dealing with rising interest rates | Is affordability in Vancouver hopeless? | economic life without Alberta oil = not good

162

Buying a home while selling your current one | Canada set to increase mortgage rates in 2022 | current 5yr & VRM rates |

163

BC Provincial Nominee & mortgage qualification | 2bed rent is like $680k mortgage | New Zealand crushes real estate NIMBYs | BabyBoomers not for sale

164

How To Get the LOWEST possible PAYMENT | what does transitory inflation mean? | fixed or variable? | income required to buy a single family home in Vancouver and minimum downpayment? | the ultimate solution to Vancouver's affordability crisis

165

Fixed Variable rate mortgages, rising sea level = lower real estate price, Govt debt ceiling increase

166

8 Power Tips for First Time Home Buyers | $100k=$460kmortgage |RentvsBuy |InterProvincialMigration | BiddingWars

167

New To Canada mortgages | Liberal Party promises: tax flippers, ban foreign purchases, reduce down payment | Evergrande shrapnel Canada bound?

168

ModernMonetaryTheory=cheap money (and inflation!) | Minimum down payment on $1M homes

169

Co-Signers, Guarantors, Foreign Buyer Tax, Vancouver City Hall building fees addiction, & interest rates

170

Readvanceable Mortgages, 38 year olds set to rule the world, and shrinking global population

171

YVR set for another explosion, global warming, interest rates & why lenders need your T4?

172

Buyers market-but for a limited time, the Rule of 72, and what to do when the bank says NO?

173

Can a Temporary Resident qualify for a mortgage while working in Canada?

174

The Trudeau's and their place in financing history, and implications of adding someone to title during a mortgage refinance

175

5.25%, the 80's, banks making a crap load of $$, and buying another home with 5% down

176

June 1 stress test, easing of guidelines and 11th Hour Mortgage Qualification Collapses!

177

Multiple Real Estate Triggers, AB&BC GDPs, and tax deductible mortgages

178

Selling Real Estate to Family Members

179

High Net Worth Mortgage - increasing your borrowing power with your assets

180

Reverse Mortgages & Intergenerational Wealth Transfer

181

Are employment probationary periods deal killers?

182

More stress coming to the mortgage stress test on June 1?

183

Why April is a critical time for self employed applicants

184

Inter Family Real Estate Transactions & Gifted Equity

185

Immigration and Mortgages

186

Purchasing with no financing conditions...OMG!

187

Mortgage income qualification sources you probably weren’t aware of

188

Massive Mortgage Penalty?

189

Rent-to-Own Real Estate

190

Things you probably didn’t know about the RRSP First Time Home Buyer Plan

191

Fixed, Variable, HELOC, or all of the above?

192

Don't forget about the Closing Costs!

193

Construction Draw Mortgages

194

The 3 Principles of Highly Successful Mortgage Qualifications

195

Purchasing and Mortgaging a Property via an Assignment

196

Enhancement to Trudeau's First Time Home Buyer Incentive...game changer?

197

Can I move my current mortgage to the new house?

198

Insured, Insurable, or Uninsured mortgages?

199

How to qualify with a $100,000 income even though you only declared $65,000?

200

Bridge Financing - what, why & how?

201

Rates on the rise?...and downPAINment verification

202

Purchasing a property through a corporation

203

Divorces, Family Buyout, and Mortgages

204

Potential events that could increase mortgage rates

205

Credit Reports & Mortgage Qualification

206

The Canadian Mortgaging Experience

207

Mortgage qualification boosters you probably weren't aware of

208

The economic vaccine will have some mortgage in it

209

Should I be nervous about my home appraisal?

210

The SECRET to renewing your mortgage.

211

Why are mortgage rates going up!?

212

COVID19&Mortgages - deferring your mortgage payments

213

Mortgage Brokers...all the way.

214

_/ Stick handling your way out of a personal financial crisis

215

Marijuana, Real Estate & Mortgages

216

ElectionPromises, DownPayment Verification & NewMusic

217

First Time Home Buyer Incentive Program (FTHBI) - do you qualify?

218

Calgary Real Estate - Affordable & Opportunistic

219

Proving Your Income...for mortgage purposes

220

Some mortgages lock U up, even at maturity - does yours?

221

The quickest way to pay down your mortgage

222

Is your mortgage pre-approval legit?

223

My offer got accepted...now what?!

224

Mortgages and Rebates for First Time & Repeat Home Buyers

225

Cause & Effect of Canadian Mortgage Qualification

226

Who get's the best mortgage rates...and why?

227

Land title restrictions...that you may not be aware of

228

The science of determining your list price and the art of staging your home

229

Vancouver real estate...a perfect storm?

230

Canada's best kept financing secret

231

Who's buying in North Vancouver?

232

Calgary Real Estate spring market + Mortgage Minute

233

White Rock, South Surrey Real Estate Vibe and Mortgage Minutes

234

Squamish Real Estate and Posted Mortgage Rates

235

CalgaryMarket-TrappedEquity

236

policy, real estate, NIMBYISM, and mortgages

237

Are Calgary millennials giving up on home ownership?