Karen Boies

Mortgage Planner

  • First-time Homebuyers’ Five Biggest Mistakes

    Buying a home for the first-time is an exciting time. You’re making quite possibly the most significant financial transaction of your lifetime. You’re also making the exciting jump from renter to homeowner. While buying a home is something to celebrate, it’s important to do your homework. As a property virgin, this experience is entirely new

  • 5 Bylaws to Watch When Buying a Condo

    Buying a condo? The legal doctrine of caveat emptor (“let the buyer beware”) continues to apply to real estate transactions in BC today, and can have the effect of denying the buyer a remedy for defects and deficiencies discovered in the property after purchase. In general, the onus is on the buyer to determine the

  • Is your interest rate too high?

    We’re living in the time of low interest rates. They’re at historic lows, and while no one is sure how low they’ll go – or when they’ll inevitably start to rise – now is the time for you to take advantage of the current mortgage rates and save yourself some cash in the long run. But if