Housing affordability is a hot topic in 2024, and there’s a lot of talk about how interest rates affect it. Too many people are drinking the “lower interest rate Kool-Aid” as the route to housing affordability. While many people think lowering interest rates is the key, we at Buckley Mortgage Broker Team believe they won’t […]
Continue ReadingBuckley Mortgage Broker Takes Home Readers Choice Awards
For Release October 12, 2023 Buckley Mortgage Broker of Mortgage Wellness, a leading mortgage broker team in Georgian Bay, is proud to announce that they have been honoured with the prestigious Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Mortgage Company for Service in Georgian Bay & Best Mortgage Broker/Advisor 2023 – marking their second consecutive win of […]
Continue Reading10 Moving Tips for an Easy Move
Moving to a new place can be an exciting adventure! To ensure a smooth and enjoyable transition, here are ten packing & moving tips we’ve put together to help you have an easier time: Make a Checklist Plan ahead and create a moving checklist. By organizing your tasks and setting deadlines, you’ll stay on track […]
Continue ReadingPress Release: Buckley Mortgage Broker Wins 2 Readers Choice Awards
Press Release: Gerard Buckley of Buckley Mortgage Broker Wins Two Categories in the 2022 Connection & Sun Readers’ Choice Awards For Release October 20, 2022 Seasoned Professional Gerard Buckley takes home two Reader’s Choice service recognition awards in the categories of Best Mortgage Broker/Advisor and Best Mortgage Company for Service in Georgian Bay. […]
Continue ReadingMortgage Broker Trends for the Second Half of 2022 | Zolo
GUEST FEATURE by Brandon Fausto – Financial Analyst at Buckley Mortgage Broker With an environment that has seen a large change in real estate pricing and mortgage rates, what might buyers see in the second half of 2022? Here’s what an Ontario-based mortgage broker has to say. First Off, Let’s Recap At the beginning […]
Continue ReadingWhat Will Happen to My Mortgage Payment: The Rise of Canadian Interest Rates
Mortgage payments up 45%! Interest rate surge is going to hurt! Anxiety and confusion increasing! One look at the top financial headlines and it’s no wonder you’re worried about your mortgage payments. Perhaps you’re fixed in and your term is about to come up for renewal. Or, maybe, you’re in a variable mortgage and the […]
Continue ReadingWorst Decline for Housing Affordability in a Generation
Housing Affordability is Not in a Great Place We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but housing affordability in Canada worsened by 10.4 points in Q2’22, marking a fifth consecutive quarterly deterioration. The second quarter of 2022 was also the worst quarterly deterioration in over 41 years! For the first time since 1994, […]
Continue Reading8 Simple Steps to Take Control of Debt
Is post-pandemic debt weighing you down? For many people, debt is an unavoidable fact of life. But the past two years of global turmoil has added financial pressure on many Canadians. According to a COVID-19 financial well-being survey conducted by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, over half of Canadians have been financially impacted […]
Continue ReadingCanada Brings in Changes to the Mortgage Stress Test June 1st
More change is coming for Canadians looking to get home financing. Proposed updates to the current mortgage stress test for applicants to get approval are kicking in June 1st. These changes are intended to defuse some of the unsustainable growth we’ve seen in the housing market over the past 18 months. Changes for […]
Continue Reading10 Secrets to Success Worth Reflecting On
There are few lasting thoughts that stay with you for a lifetime more than these 10 secrets to success. I have referred to these annually as I set my goals for the upcoming year. They remain as true today as they did when they were first published in the early 2000s. They assist me in […]
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