When to make the leap from renting to buying
Here’s what you’ll need before you make the jump from renter to home owner.
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RRSPs: Save for a home and eliminate debt
Have your cake and eat it too. Pay off your debt while socking away cash in an RRSP to make your home ownership dreams come true, says Bruce Sellery.
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Time to buy?
With all forecasts pointing to the return of the buyer’s market, should you pounce on the opportunity to own yourself? It might pay to wait.
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10 must use online calculators
Just about any mortgage calculator will give you an amortization schedule. These calculators will help you budget and save on your house purchase.
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Saving a downpayment
Trying to figure out how to save a downpayment for a home? Relax — it’s just like saving for anything else. Follow these three steps to secure a downpayment without losing any sleep.
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The truth about lease busting
Can taking over a lease save you money?
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Flaherty changes mortgage rules
With interest rates set to rise in 2010, Jim Flaherty is forced to make changes to our mortgage rules. Did he go far enough?
