In the News Archives - The Personal Mortgage Group

The State Of The Rates: Summer 2021 Update

There has been a lot of speculation recently on what a post-COVID world will look like as it pertains to interest rates. The hawks out there insist the economy is going to blast off into the stratosphere on the back of a year and a half of pent up demand and people returning to work after some pretty severe disruption. The doves take a more cautious approach, noting the government stimulus that has kept the Canadian economy chugging along throughout the pandemic is about to run out which may actually have a slight cooling effect. For those clients of ours currently in variable rate mortgages, most market watchers are expecting the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep their rate flat until mid 2022...

Opt-Out of Time of Use Pricing

For homeowners who’ve been craving more control over hydro expenses, you’ve been heard. If you’re a homeowner who currently pays Time-of-Use (TOC) electricity prices you can now switch to Tiered prices (if you’d prefer it). Both models have merit. And having the...

Expanding Real Estate Portfolio, First Time Home Buyer, Improving Your Home, In the News

The Increased Price of Construction Materials

Hello everyone, It’s Suzanne Boyce the former owner, and while that may be the case, I’m not quite out to pasture yet. Though I must say, COVID has certainly made it feel that way some days! We at PMG wanted to give everyone the heads up that the price of construction...

Financial Tune Up, First Time Home Buyer, In the News

Interest Rate Update August 2020

Is now finally the time to consider locking in? What a time of uncertainty! With the kids heading back to school in September, nearly all of the conversations we are having right now loopback at some point to the potential threat of a second wave. That second...

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Walk a Mile In Her Shoes 2020

Despite this year being significantly different than most, we are still Walking A Mile in Her Shoes with YWCA Hamilton. We sponsored the YWCA Hamilton’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event this year to help bring to light the excellent work the YWCA does...