Financial Planning

Use your RRSP to invest in Real Estate

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-02-09T00:00:00+00:00February 9th, 2016|Down Payment, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, First-time Homebuyer, Home Buyer's Plan|

If you are a first-time homebuyer or hope to be in the [...]

Hidden trap of Mortgage Penalties

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-01-29T00:00:00+00:00January 29th, 2016|Banks, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, Interest Rates, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Penalty, Mortgage Pre-payments, Mortgage Rates, Rate, Refinance, Selling your home|

This article is older but does a great job of identifying the often [...]

Why a one-year fixed mortgage interest rate is your best bet

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2016|Banks, Collateral Mortgage, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, Fixed Rates, Prime Rate, Rate, Variable Rate|

I love Rob McLister! He writes the best articles about the mortgage [...]

Budgeting – sounds fun?

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2018-11-19T15:41:58+00:00January 22nd, 2016|Buying a Home, Credit, Debt, Down Payment, Financial Goals, Financial Planning|

Budgeting may not be your favourite subject, but it might just be [...]

Christmas Debt: Recovering from the Spending Hangover

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-01-13T00:00:00+00:00January 13th, 2016|Credit, Debt, Debt Consolidation, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, Refinance|

As is typical for January, the weather is cooler (albeit this year [...]

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 [...]

New Down Payment Rule – How does it impact you?

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2016-01-05T00:00:00+00:00January 5th, 2016|Down Payment, Financial Goals, Financial Planning, First-time Homebuyer, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Changes|

Last week, the Federal Government announced that the minimum down payment for [...]

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 [...]

Have you missed mortgage payments?

By Ashton Mortgage Solutions|2015-11-17T00:00:00+00:00November 17th, 2015|Debt Consolidation, Financial Planning, Mortgage Broker|

There are times in our lives when the unexpected happens and we [...]