Orginially posted in the May 2020 Dominion Lending Centres Inc Newsletter

It's easy to get overwhelmed when thinking about your finances, especially if you are saddled with debt. The best way to determine your monthly budget is to start by recording your total monthly income for the family and your total monthly expenses.

So, you want to buy a home. Or maybe you want to sell your home. Either way, working with a real estate professional or REALTOR® is a really good idea. But with all the agents out there competing to earn your business, how do you find the right one? Here is a quick list of tips that should help you narrow down the list of potential suitors. From there, it’s up to you!

Can you make your yard beautiful, useable and producing food all at the same time? Some Edmontonians are changing their front yards into large beautiful gardens that produce food for themselves and their communities.

** If you have a payment due in the next 3 days that you need deferred, call your bank. See previous post for numbers ** Call volumes to lenders are very high at the moment, if your payment is due more than 3 days from now and you need payments deferred, consider emailing or contacting the lender through their website. If you have any specific mortgage questions please don’t hesitate to reach out first - (780) 238-4786   !NOTE: To be clear of how deferred payments work, in some cases they get added to the end of the mortgage but as we learned in Ft…

This is an uncertain and troubling time in our world. We are doing what is required of us to slow down the spread of a rampant virus and protecting those at risk. We are social distancing. This means we are working from home, our kids are suddenly figuring out how to do online learning and we don’t get to see our friends and loved ones the way we are used to.

As Canada deals with the evolving COVID-19 global health emergency, I wanted to take a moment to reassure you, my valued clients, that there is no need to worry we can still do ALL things mortgages.

At Brokers for Life, and in my business, we have invested in all things digital to make sure that you can apply, get approved, send documents, communicate and sign all things DIGITALLY, if required. If you prefer, we can also always hold "Face to Face" meetings via, Skype, FaceTime or even Facebook.

By Myke Thomas, orginially published Mar 7, 2020 in The Chronicle Herald

Calgary’s resale housing market continued to show slow improvement in February, according to the monthly report from the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB).