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Okanagan Mortgage Team: August 2010
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Five Tips For Smart Back to School Shopping. Start your back-to-school shopping with a game plan. Even if your child’s. Teacher hasn’t provided a list of school supplies, you can’t go wrong by. Sticking with the basics and taking advantage of back-to-school sales. Here’s. Make a list and get your child involved. Use the recommended or required supplies from your child’s school or. Teacher as a starting point. If you don’t have a list yet, check with parents at. Applies to more than shopping. Start early ...
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Okanagan Mortgage Team: September 2010
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Eight Ways to Save Money. Many Canadian families are working hard to save money and reduce debt. By saving modest amounts, however, you can reap big rewards over time. Here are easy ways you can save $100 or more this year. 1 Plug into Bargain Electricity. Are your electricity bills excessive? 2 Challenge Your Property Tax. 3 Pay Off Your Plastic. If you carry a credit-card balance from month to month, pay it back pronto. A $1000 balance at 18 percent blows nearly $200 a year in interest. If you ...Your ...
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Flywheel Building Solutions - Flywheel Building Coach Ken Kunka serving the Kelowna and the Okanagan
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Building in the Okanagan. Ontario leads PV Solar payback. Over the past few months I have watched the solar industry grow in British Columbia with the help of government incentives. Unfortunately we are still far behind other areas in North America when it comes to Photovoltaic systems, especially grid tie in. A friend in Ontario recently sent me a link (I&MElectric) which outlines their programs for PV Grid Ties. Maybe 2011 will see improvements for British Columbia programs. EcoEnergy program to end.
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Okanagan Mortgage Team: November 2010
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What is the Buyer Protection Plan? The Buyer Protection Plan. BPP) was developed by Calgary Mortgage Trainer, Greg Williamson of 180 Degrees Solutions. Williamson says the Buyer Protection Plan. Is based on the fact that home buying is a decision based on emotion and the fear of falling prices and rising interest rates cause potential buyers to retreat. Interest rates are expected to rise over the next 5 years after record lows. The Buyer Protection Plan. The Buyer Protection Plan. Whoever gets the money...
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Okanagan Mortgage Team: January 2011
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January 19, 2011 Changes to Mortgage Rules. January 19, 2011 Changes to Mortgage Rules. Posted by Okanagan Mortgage Team. Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent. Begin of the skype highlighting. End of the skype highlighting. Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent. 8211;The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent.
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Okanagan Mortgage Team: February 2011
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Window Closing on Low Rates. Tim Shufelt, Financial Post. 183; Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. For Canadian mortgage borrowers, interest rate hikes could become a grating refrain in the coming months. Canadian banks are raising the cost of mortgage borrowing in response to rising bond yields and expected monetary tightening, marking the outset of what is expected to be an upward trend. If you can't afford [the increase] . that's a problem," Ms. Roberts said. "That's why the government has changed the ...In two st...
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Okanagan Mortgage Team: May 2011
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The Bank of Canada recently released a paper on the "Competition in the Canadian Mortgage Market", which presented some very interesting findings. On average, higher income households pay a higher rate on their mortgage than lower income families. Banks with large branch networks charge higher rates on their mortgages. Borrowers who put less down on their mortgage pay a rate premium over those who put more down. Banks offer larger discounts to new clients than existing clients. KELOWNA, BC, May 18 /CNW/ ...
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