If you are thinking of buying your first home, next home or a rental property, now is the time to get a mortgage pre-approval and lock in that rate for up to 120 days. This way, you’ll know exactly what you can afford and have your mortgage ready in hand.
I will support you every step of the way from shopping for your home, to making an offer to getting your keys.
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Things that make your loan officer cry!
If you have ever applied for a mortgage you know how much paperwork it can be. Although we still close average transactions in less than 4 weeks, there are situations where unexpected things happen. This blog is a quick guide to the 3 things that can throw off deals, and sometimes make your mortgage originator cry. Consider it a list of things not to do during the loan process.
1. When a borrower quits their job (or gets fired) in the middle of the loan process. This shouldnt be much of a surprise but if you are trying to qualify for a loan based on your income dont change jobs during the transaction. You dont have to stay at your job forever, just dont quit in the middle of your mortgage process.
2. SURPRISES! Although life is full of surprises try to be as honest and upfront about all of your debts and financial information with your loan originator up front. Its never good when all of a sudden your mortgage team pulls your information and finds out you make great money but you have $23,000 in collection debt on that boat you forgot about. Remember you dont need to over exaggerate your income to impress your mortgage company, we are more impressed with honesty and organization.
3. Disappearing Acts. Nobody loves vacations as much as we do but there are a lot of moving parts in the real estate and mortgage process and you may need to be around to sign documents and communicate. You can still take vacations just make sure to let everyone involved in the transaction know so that they can plan around your travel.
Just remember, your Realtor, your loan originator and an entire team of others are working their to their best level to help you close on your real estate transaction- before you make a bone head move, just think What Would My Loan Officer Do?
No harm can come from asking a question so whether you are already in the mortgage process or you are thinking about jumping in soon, you can call me or email me any time for free advice that will avoid tears in the future!
Mortgage Deferral Agreements and Their Impact
CMHCs Fall 2020 Residential Mortgage Industry Dashboard discusses mortgage deferral agreements and their impact.
At the end of the second quarter, credit unions, mortgage finance companies (MFCs) and mortgage investment entities (MIEs) have allowed mortgage deferral agreements for about 6%, 7% and 7% of their respective residential mortgage portfolios.
Chartered banks have allowed 16% of mortgages to go into deferral since the beginning of the pandemic. Of these, close to 2 out of 3 borrowers had resumed payments on their mortgages at the end of the third quarter of 2020. In the coming months, we could see higher delinquency rates if some borrowers are unable to resume their payments; these mortgages will have to be booked as arrears.
These deferral agreements have affected financial institutions cash flows, with reductions of:
4% in scheduled mortgage payments
3% in non-scheduled payments (accelerated monthly payments and lump-sum payments)
While remaining at low levels, mortgages in arrears (90 or more days delinquent) have increased slightly between the first and second quarters of 2020 from:
0.24% to 0.26%, on average, for chartered banks
0.23% to 0.25%, on average, for non-bank mortgage lenders
We also observe an increase in early-stage delinquencies (31 to 59 days and 60 to 89 days), which suggests that arrears could continue on an upward trend.
Source: CMHC
Bank of Canada will maintain current level of policy rate until inflation objective is achieved, continues its quantitative easing program
The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of percent, with the Bank Rate at percent and the deposit rate at percent. The Bank is maintaining its extraordinary forward guidance, reinforced and supplemented by its quantitative easing (QE) program, which continues at its current pace of at least $4 billion per week.
The rebound in the global and Canadian economies has unfolded largely as the Bank had anticipated in its October Monetary Policy Report (MPR). More recently, news on the development of effective vaccines is providing reassurance that the pandemic will end and more normal activities will resume, although the pace and breadth of the global rollout of vaccinations remain uncertain. Near term, new waves of infections are expected to set back recoveries in many parts of the world. Accommodative policy and financial conditions are continuing to provide support across most regions. Stronger demand is pushing up prices for most commodities, including oil. A broad-based decline in the US exchange rate has contributed to a further appreciation of the Canadian dollar.