Karen Boies

Mortgage Planner

  • What is a Guarantor and Co-Signer (Cosigner)?

    A frequent question that arises that made me do a video blog: Transcription of Video Blog: Hi, everybody. It’s Rowan Smith at The Mortgage Center. I wanted to address a topic that’s come up a number of times, which is guarantors and co signers and really what a guarantor co signer is. For the most

  • Rates On The Rise Again!

    The Royal Bank announced that effective tomorrow they are raising all rates by 0.25%. As an example their posted 5 year fixed rate would rise to 6.10%. This increase is on top of ones that took effect last week that were up to 60 bps. So far no other major lenders have matched these increases

  • Purchase Plus Improvements Mortgage

    I have received a few calls from my mortgage clients who are out there looking for their ideal home. They have found a home that will require renovations to bring it up to the standard they want. They want to know what their options are? There is an insured mortgage option called “Purchase Plus Improvements”.