Buying a Home

Looking forward to 2016!

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-01-12T00:00:00+00:00January 12th, 2016|Buying a Home, First-time Homebuyer, Mortgage Changes, Mortgage Rules, Prime Rate, Rate, Variable Rate|

This past year we saw many challenges in the housing sector. There [...]

Mortgage: How much can I afford?

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-01-05T00:00:00+00:00January 5th, 2016|Amortization, Buying a Home, Closing Costs, Debt, Down Payment, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, First-time Homebuyer, Home Buyer's Plan, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Calculator, Mortgage Insurance, Pre-approval|

The first question home buyers want to ask when they want a [...]

More Mortgage Changes for Canadians

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-12-11T00:00:00+00:00December 11th, 2015|Buying a Home, Down Payment, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, First-time Homebuyer, Housing Market, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Rules|

The Canadian government released more details today about the implementation further mortgage changes across the [...]

How to be a first time homebuyer

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-12-10T00:00:00+00:00December 10th, 2015|Buy or Rent, Buying a Home, Down Payment, First-time Homebuyer, Interest Rates, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Penalty, Pre-approval, Prime Rate|

As a first time homebuyer there is a lot of excitement but it's [...]

Should the Canadian Government raise interest rates?

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00September 11th, 2015|Buying a Home, Interest Rates, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Rates, Rate, Variable Rate|

Core inflation is nearing a seven-year high, but should that prompt the [...]

Household debt increasing … but for good things

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00September 11th, 2015|Buying a Home, Debt, Financial Goals, Financial Planning|

Canadian households are carrying more debt on average than they were last [...]

How do you get a mortgage if you’re not the ideal borrower?

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00September 11th, 2015|Buying a Home, Credit, Debt, Divorce, Down Payment, Mortgage Application, Mortgage Broker, Pre-approval, Self-employed|

If you’re a credit-worthy employee at a Fortune 500 company and don’t [...]

Down Payment Basics

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00September 11th, 2015|Buying a Home, Down Payment, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, First-time Homebuyer, Home Buyer's Plan|

The minimum down payment required is dependent on the type of purchase. [...]

15 reasons why you should use a Realtor

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-06-19T00:00:00+00:00June 19th, 2015|Buying a Home, Selling your home|

A lot has been written about the doom and gloom of the [...]