Karen Boies

Mortgage Planner

  • The best way to clean the gutters

    Gutters that are clogged with leaves and debris can cause lots of problems. By keeping them clear, you’re helping to protect your windows, doors, sides of the house and also the foundations from water damage. If you happen to have a basement, you’ll also be helping prevent flooding down there too. Whilst you may want to

  • Canadians Need Guidance With Their Mortgages

    That’s the takeaway from a national survey released this week by Rates.ca, which found half of Canadians aren’t aware of the mortgage options available to them. Not only that, but Canadians are lacking in some other basic mortgage trivia, with an astounding 9 out of 10 respondents not knowing that mortgage interest is charged semi-annually: 28% think

  • Are Fixed Mortgage Rates Set to Rise?

    Mortgage shoppers have been treated to fixed rates near two-year lows for months now. They’re even below most variable rates. But how long can these fixed-rate bargains last? That’s the $64,000 question—and one that’s being raised with increased frequency after bond yields surged more than 30 basis points in less than a week earlier last