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Rate Update

Rate Update

The Bank of Canada dropped its overnight rate down by 0.50% as a response to the global economic slowdown resulting from the Covid-19 crisis   Bank...

Suzanne is Officially Retiring

Suzanne is Officially Retiring

After nearly thirty years at the helm of The Personal Mortgage Group, Suzanne is “retiring”. I put the term retiring in quotes because, as any of...

Canadian Economic Update

Canadian Economic Update

Here's the Economic Update: We were lucky enough to hear a presentation on rates from CIBC’s Chief Economist Benjamin Tal on Monday morning at the...

National Mortgage Conference, 2019

National Mortgage Conference, 2019

PMG attends the National Mortgage Conference in Toronto, Nov 17-18. Joining over 1,200 delegates over two days at the Metro Toronto Convention...

20 Years at 233 Queen Street South

20 Years at 233 Queen Street South

Time flys! It has been 20 years since I bought our office building at 233 Queen Street South. My, that was a time to remember. I had just bought our...

Trade Disputes Dampening the Economy

Trade Disputes Dampening the Economy

The ongoing US-China trade dispute will continue to play a major role in dampening the US economy. According to Benjamin Tal’s recent article, more...

Lawyers, A Client’s Experience

Lawyers, A Client’s Experience

Lawyers Amiright? (insert tired lawyer joke here) After the recent experience of one of my clients purchasing their first home,  I was inspired to...

Variable Rate Update: July 2019

Variable Rate Update: July 2019

There is a general consensus among CDN economists is that we can expect a 0.25% rate drop in the next year, which would bring Prime from 3.95% to...

The Summer 2019 Market: A Word to Vendors

The Summer 2019 Market: A Word to Vendors

A Word to Vendors,  Well, the government’s objectives at dropping the housing market worked.  It was a rough start to this year but with the spring...

Understanding the Spring 2019 Market

Understanding the Spring 2019 Market

We recently held a super fun first-time buyers event at Donut Monster in January that was very well received. Outside of the mortgage discussions,...

An Update from Chris!

An Update from Chris!

Welcome to the World, Zack Spring Renovation Season Chris is a new Dad! We at PMG wanted to share the announcement that Chris and his wife Jenn...