Alex Vitti's Articles in Mortgages


  • Bank Of Montreal Dropped Fixed Rate
    With interest rates at a record low, a growing number of people are looking to purchase a home. Every homebuyer faces the age-old question of whether to choose a fixed or variable rate mortgage.


  • Booming Housing Market
    A red-hot housing market fueled by cheap money has helped Canada climb out of recession, but fears are growing that it could be a bubble much like the one that brought the United States to its knees.


  • Is There A Bubble In Canada’s Housing Market
    Stephen Jarislowsky, chairman of Montreal-based investment adviser Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd., said he is convinced†there’s a bubble in Canada’s housing market, fueled by government measures that encouraged consumers to take on debt.

    They have basically encouraged people to buy houses based on cheap mortgag ...

  • Mortgage Finance Reform
    Government intervention in the mortgage insurance market is exposing Canadian taxpayers to enormous potential liabilities if Canada were to be hit with a mortgage default crisis similar to what occurred in the United States, according to a new peer-reviewed study released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada's leading publ ...

  • New Mortgage Rules
    Frank and Susan Williams bought a house near Hamilton, Ont., this month, they followed a time-honoured tradition of using leveraged financing.

    With mortgage insurance they only had to put down 5% of the $270,000 purchase price. They went with a closed variable rate at 2.25% and amortized the loan over 35 years. ...


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