Mike Bourassa's Foreclosure and Real Estate Investment Newsletter - May 2017

Michael Bourassa - Mortgage Professional

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Foreclosures / Court ordered sales - May 2017

 

April 2017 - Chilliwack - attached
April 2017 - Mission - attached
April 2017 - Surrey - attached
April 2017 - South Surrey - attached
April 2017 - Burnaby - attached
April 2017 - Vancouver East - attached
April 2017 - Coquitlam - attached
April 2017 - Maple Ridge - attached
April 2017 - Vancouver West - detached
April 2017 - South Surrey - detached
April 2017 - Vancouver East - detached
April 2017 - North Van - detached
April 2017 - Victoria BC Foreclosure

low inventory overall. hot market all around. Call me to discuss numerous investments 



Every Wonder What it Takes To Build Your Own Home? 72 Video Series Explains it.

 

How To Build A House: Getting Started Ep 1
How To Build A House: Finding a Lot Ep 2
How to Build a House: What to Build Ep 3
How To Build A House: Architect Ep 4
How To Build A House: Building Permit Preparation Ep 5
How To Build A House: Surveyor Ep 6
How To Build A House: Lumber Company Ep 7
How To Build A House: Sub-Contractors Ep 8
How To Build A House: Window Company Ep 9
How To Build A House: Framer Ep 10

I have a bunch of clients that are doing this at the moment.  Even though I know the financing, I'm not literate when it comes to the entire process.

Then I had a genius idea......youtube.

Above videos are excellent for an introduction.  

In total there are 72 videos.  
Click for full video series.



"WE'RE ALL DOING IT": Lies and Deception the BIG 5 Banks Train Their Employees to TELL YOU.

 

These are three of the most common fibs I've been exposed to around mortgages:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/banks-upselling-go-public-1.4023575

1. "Mortgage insurance is required to get the mortgage". 

This is false; It's not required at all and is generally way more expensive than broker quoted insurance if you actually need it. 

Get quotes on line at; http://www.lowestrates.ca/insurance/home

Check your existing insurances, you may already have the same coverage.

2. "Our mortgages only have 3 month interest penalty break fees"

This is false; Fixed rate Mortgages typically have HUGE interest rate differential penalties. 

For a quick overview of Break fees by Bank and Mortgage type click here; https://www.ratehub.ca/penalty-calculator

Remember to read the break fee terms before you sign.

3. "We can easily transfer your mortgage to another property"

This is false;  Most of the time you have to re-qualify for the transfer. 

Again find the Transfer Terms in your mortgage and ask them to change the terms to; "Transfer without re-qualification".

Lesson here is, if you don't like any specific terms, ask for them to be changed, sometimes it works,,,

Some great advise from the Mortgage Pro's at Robert Klein Mortgage Group regarding the above three deceptions: 

1. BANK Mortgage insurance is crap. Get it just to bridge over while you apply for a term policy direct from an insurance company. Once approved cancel the BANK's mortgage insurance. 

2. Use a NON BIG BANK lender with cheap interest rate differential penalties or go variable as its typically just a 3 month interest penalty. Avoid all big bank fixed rate mortgages like the plague.  

3. Generally Banks want you to re-qualify to transfer a Mortgage to another property so don't sell your property until you're approved for you're new mortgage. 

http://www.robertkleinmortgagegroup.com/



How to teach your kids about taxes

 



There’s a 40% chance Canadian home prices level off, expert says — but how about a crash?

 

The top economist at RBC’s investor division has estimated the chances of the three possible and very different outcomes for Canadian home prices.

Put simply, the options are “up, sideways, or down,” but Eric Lascelles, the chief economist for RBC Global Asset Management, gets more specific.

“The most likely outcome… is that home price gains slow to a snail’s pace or even go sideways,” writes Lascelles in his April 24-28 #MacroMemo published on professional social media site LinkedIn.

Lascelles estimates there’s a 40 per cent chance of this happening, and says “this is certainly what regulators desire,” nodding to Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan, unveiled last week.

In this scenario, the downturn in housing activity and prices would shave off a few percentage points from the national GDP over several years, Lascelles states.

As it stands, the housing market generates roughly 15 per cent of the Canadian GDP, whereas 10 per cent would be “normal.”

Policymakers have been busy trying to tamp down what many observers agree is unsustainable growth in Canada’s hottest housing markets.

The Fair Housing Plan is a 16-point policy, largely meant to calm housing markets around southern Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area’s, the most active in the country.

Greater Toronto Area home prices averaged $916,567 in March, up 33.2 per cent annually, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board, a consistent opponent of intervention to curb demand.

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Multi-families For Sale - 4 Units and up.

 

4526 Park Avenue, Terrace
367 Vaughan Street, Quesnel
46915 Yale Rd, Chilliwack
907 Twelfth St, New Westminster
46179 Princess Avenue, Chilliwack
9259 Young Rd, Chilliwack
1064-1084 Nalabila Blvd, Kitimat
22225 119 Avenue, Maple Ridge
5844 Glover Rd, Langley
9 1755 Agassiz-Rosedale Highway
3 46008 Bole Avenue, Chilliwack
7564 Birch Street, Mission

Call me or send an e mail if you want information or the financials on any of these listings.



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