Karen Boies

Mortgage Planner

  • Canada’s luxury real estate gets pricier and pricier @ MoneySense

    Canada’s luxury real estate gets pricier and pricier @ MoneySense

    “It can be argued that no segment of the real estate market has been more affected by foreign buyer money than Canada’s luxury real estate market. Now a new survey released by Royal LePage sheds some light on the impact foreign buyers have had on this segment of the market.”     Full article here: http://www.moneysense.ca/spend/real-estate/canadas-luxury-real-estate-gets-pricier-and-pricier/

  • B.C. unveils new rules to limit real estate ‘shadow flipping’ @ BNN

    “For the first time in almost two decades, British Columbia will require real estate purchasers to disclose citizenship details starting next month, as Metro Vancouver’s red-hot housing market fuels concerns about foreign investment. The new requirements, aimed at answering whether foreign ownership is driving up housing prices, go beyond the data that are supposed to

  • Mortgage Unqualified

    Mortgage Unqualified Understanding Co-Signers & Guarantors For younger people and first-time homebuyers, trying to compete independently in Vancouver’s out-of-control-and-ceaselessly-rising real estate market can be next to impossible. As a result, at some point those wanting in may consider alternative lending options; a process which quite often leads back to a parent or family member who