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Information about mortgages, loans, business, and the local market.

Improving your credit may be easier than you think

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-04-14T00:00:00+00:00April 14th, 2015|Buying a Home, Credit, Debt, Financial Goals, Financial Planning|

As a Mortgage Broker I am often amazed at just how many [...]

15 Canadian Personal Finance Blogs to follow in 2015

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-03-30T00:00:00+00:00March 30th, 2015|Credit, Debt, Financial Goals, Financial Planning|

No matter what your financial plans are for 2015 - to get out [...]

US interest rates to rise. What does this mean for Canada?

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-03-30T00:00:00+00:00March 30th, 2015|Housing Market, Interest Rates, Mortgage Rates|

So before we even talk about the US Federal Reserve warning of [...]

What does every new homebuyer need to know?

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-03-18T00:00:00+00:00March 18th, 2015|Buying a Home, First-time Homebuyer, Home Buyer's Plan, Homebuyer Mistakes, Mortgage Application, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Penalty, Mortgage Pre-payments, Pre-approval|

Purchasing a home is a significant financial undertaking for anyone. Before you [...]

5 Reasons you can’t get a mortgage

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-03-04T00:00:00+00:00March 4th, 2015|Buying a Home, Closing Costs, Credit, Debt, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, First-time Homebuyer, Homebuyer Mistakes, Mortgage Broker, Refinance, Self-employed|

It is the sad reality in our business, unfortunately not everyone who [...]

Canadian housing market to remain stable

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-02-13T00:00:00+00:00February 13th, 2015|Housing Market, Mortgage Stats|

TD released it's Regional Housing Report yesterday and here are some of [...]

Benjamin Tal of CIBC addresses low oil prices

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-02-12T00:00:00+00:00February 12th, 2015|Housing Market, Interest Rates, Mortgage Rates, Rate|

This recent update from Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist of CIBC World [...]

Should you break your mortgage?

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-02-10T00:00:00+00:00February 10th, 2015|Amortization, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, Interest Rates, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Renewal, Prime Rate, Rate, Refinance, Variable Rate|

Once again interest rates have dominated the headlines. First, it was the [...]

Interest Rate Update – Guest Blog by Pat Duggan

Ashton Mortgage Solutions2015-01-23T00:00:00+00:00January 23rd, 2015|Mortgage Changes, Mortgage Rates, Prime Rate, Rate, Variable Rate|

Here is a great blog post from a colleague and high school [...]