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Staycation Ideas Near Lake Huron

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Gerard Buckley

Budget-Friendly Ways to (Not) Get Away this Summer With costs soaring as the temperature rises, are you struggling to find a family-friendly adventure that doesn’t hurt your wallet? Why not explore what Lake Huron has to offer, where you can escape the grind just a short drive away! This summer, embark on a budget-friendly […]

Press Release: Buckley Mortgage Team Expands Team of Professionals

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Gerard Buckley

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2024 Buckley Mortgage Broker of Mortgage Wellness Welcomes Esteemed Mortgage Agent Conny Lee to the Team The Buckley Mortgage Team is pleased to welcome a new addition to our growing team of Mortgage Professionals – Level 1 Mortgage Agent, Conny Lee. Conny Lee has a history of […]

Understanding Housing Affordability in 2024

Posted on January 23, 2024January 31, 2024 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 […]

First Home Savings Account – Should You Set One Up?

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Gerard Buckley

All first-time homebuyers take note: we want to tell you about the First Home Savings Account (FHSA) again because it’s a great way to save money for your first home. But what exactly is it? The FHSA is a special savings account created by the government to help people who want to buy their first […]

Self-Employed Mortgage in Ontario

Posted on June 3, 2023August 21, 2023 by Gerard Buckley

Self Employed? We have you Covered. If you are a self-employed person in Ontario, this article is for you. Are you looking to get a mortgage to purchase a home or to refinance your current home but don’t know where to start? Let us help you. “What is a self-employed mortgage?”, you might ask. […]

Relief for the Distressed Borrower

Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 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 […]

Canadian Home Sales Show First Promise of Hope

Posted on November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 by Gerard Buckley

Exciting news — we are encouraged to share the first glimmer of hope in the Real Estate Market as home sales increase, inflation relaxes and increased global diplomacy takes effect. We are not out of the woods yet; however, we are seeing some light peering through the trees. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show […]

Mortgage Broker Trends for the Second Half of 2022 | Zolo

Posted on October 18, 2022October 21, 2022 by Gerard Buckley

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 […]

Worst Decline for Housing Affordability in a Generation

Posted on August 17, 2022August 29, 2022 by Abigail Clark

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, […]

8 Simple Steps to Take Control of Debt

Posted on June 17, 2022June 22, 2022 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 […]

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