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    • Debt Servicing – Ratios – What Does it Mean?
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      Debt Servicing – Ratios – What Does it Mean?

      Transcript of Video Blog: Hi everyone, it’s Rowan Smith with the Mortgage Centre. I want to address one of the more common misunderstood elements of mortgage financing, and that’s debt servicing. And what percentage of your income is allowed to go towards mortgage payments, principal, interest, taxes, heat, or other debt payments. There’s two main

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      Mythbusting Mortgages 3 – My Bank Will Finance a Former Grow Op!

      Transcript of Video Blog: Hey everyone! Rowan Smith at the Mortgage Centre. This week we’re doing Myth busting No. 3. This week’s myth is the old: “My bank did a former grow op property for me before so they will again.” That’s not necessarily the case. The industry hasn’t had this problem for that many

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      Mythbusting Mortgages 2 – 35% Down? Who Needs a Job?

      Transcript of Video Blog: Hi everybody! It’s Rowan Smith with the Mortgage Centre. We’re doing Myth busting #2 here and another one I want to address is the myth that if you have 35% down you don’t even need a job. That is patently incorrect! There was a time when 35% down gave you a

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