Blog by Real Estate Power Team

Mortgage vs Life Insurance

June 10th, 2010

Working in the insurance industry, I have seen too many families being unaware of the dangers of mortgage insurance. Insurance is a complicated topic and the mortgage professionals who sell these products are usually not trained or licensed to sell life insurance. I strongly recommend that you do your homework and deny any insurance offered by your mortgage lender.

The biggest issue with insu ...

Thoughts on Interest Rate Hike

June 2nd, 2010
I’ve been reading a number of articles concerning the Bank of Canada’s Interest Rate hike of 0.25% yesterday, here are a few links:


http://www.financialpost.com/news/Canada+banks+hike+prime+lending+rates/3098548/story.html

http://www.financialpost.com/news/Bank+Canada+first+hike+rate/3096853/story.html

http://www.financialpost.com/news/lowers+fixed+mortgage+rate/3096986/story.html
 

My th ...

Reworking a Condo in Vancouver

June 1st, 2010

Last week a client started preparing to list her condo for sale in the West side of Vancouver. Suze Interiors was hired to come into the space for 2 hours and do a Redesign. A Redesign consists of working with what the client currently owns. It is a matter of rearranging, reorganizing and making the best use of what is in the home. We completely rearranged the living room furniture and gave t ...