Karen Boies

Mortgage Planner

  • Are all mortgages created equally?

    This is likely a great time to debate this subject as more and more lenders and brokers are competing for the borrowers business. Everyone is offering some amazing rates on fixed 5 year mortgages, however some lenders are trying to offer slightly better deals, but are they really better? for example Is it more important

  • Rates Drop Again

    The Royal Bank, TD Bank & CIBC all dropped rates again today. In fact the Royal Bank lowered rates over the weekend without much fanfare. This has been a common practice lately with them. The 5 year posted fixed rate is now at 5.39% at the three banks and others will follow undoubtedly. We have

  • What You Need To Know About Mortgage Life Insurance

    I am not an insurance agent. However, there are some things I have learned through the years about Mortgage Life Insurance that I thought I would share with you. Whenever you take out a mortgage you have been or will be offered Mortgage Life Insurance. This is not to be confused with the mortgage insurance