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Understanding Housing Affordability in 2024

Posted on January 23, 2024September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

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 […]

Buckley Mortgage Broker Takes Home Readers Choice Awards

Posted on October 12, 2023September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

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 […]

Surprise Rate Increase by Bank of Canada? Not so Much

Posted on June 16, 2023September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

Interest Rate Update As much as the media and market commentators call Wednesday’s June 7th interest rate hike of .25% to a Bank Rate of 4.75% a surprise, we have been calling for a 25-50b basis point increase in interest rates for the later part of this year. (See our articles Jan 24, Mar 7 […]

Senior’s Budgeting: Reverse Mortgage Can Ease Financial Stress

Posted on April 26, 2023September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

House Rich & Cash Poor? A Reverse Mortgage Could Give You More Freedom As we age, our financial needs often become more pressing. In the past few years, we have watched the value of homes in many Ontario communities surge at unprecedented rates. Simultaneously, as the cost-of-living increases, seniors in Canada on Fixed Incomes are […]

Life Insurance for Families

Posted on March 15, 2023September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

Guest Feature by: Peter Morgan Balancing the demands of a busy life – the family, the job, the house – is already a challenge. When you add shopping for life insurance to the list, it can be overwhelming. We can help. At Co-operators, we’re committed to delivering straightforward advice and solutions, making it easy for […]

Relief for the Distressed Borrower

Posted on January 29, 2023September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

Distressed over Finances? We are here to help! Are expenses starting to rule your life? How are other Canadian families making ends meet as the world settles back into “normal”? The lingering impacts of the pandemic, a volatile housing market and rising inflation rates have left many struggling to catch up. From what we’ve […]

Advance Your Career with Buckley Mortgage Mentoring

Posted on July 5, 2022September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

Move Ahead with Mentoring from Gerard @ Buckley Mortgage Broker Team at Mortgage Wellness “Your friendly, sociable, outgoing nature allows you to work effectively with others and selling your ideas comes naturally to you. People describe you as being optimistic and having a positive outlook.” Does this sound like you? If you also bring […]

8 Simple Steps to Take Control of Debt

Posted on June 17, 2022September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

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 […]

The Housing Market is a Changing — Mortgage Trends for 2022 Part 2

Posted on June 7, 2022September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

So, Where do we stand now? A lot can happen in a month! Since our last update, we’ve seen major shifts take place in the housing market – as tides have turned things from a seller’s market into a stable market. Some would even say the buyer is gaining some presence in the real estate […]

GUEST FEATURE: Good Debt vs Bad Debt and How You Can Learn the Difference

Posted on August 30, 2021September 22, 2025 by Gerard Buckley

Mortgage Agent Oakley Patterson Talks Debt — and Why it isn’t Always a Bad Thing Learning the difference between good debt and bad debt allows you to learn how to leverage money and minimize your expenses. Real estate is the best way to accomplish this and that is why it has been Oakley’s focus for […]