I’m excited about a new listing I signed up recently, nestled in the woods of eastern Queens Co. on beautiful Prince Edward Island, this little gem is of straw bale construction and includes 2 Solar Panels on the main cottage, a passive solar Guest Cottage and a Windmill to generate electricity. This little gem is truly off-the-grid.
Straw Bale construction has many advantages; Bales ...
Posted by Ritchie Simpson
on May 23, 2010
The new mortgage rules recently announced by the Government of Canada thru CMHC left a few lingering questions. For the most part the new rules raised the bar for most borrower classes with an eye toward making it somewhat harder to get mortgage financing. Speculators were hardest hit as the Down-payment threshold for CMHC coverage for non-owner occupied dwellings was lowered to 20%, speculators ...
Posted by Ritchie Simpson
on March 8, 2010
Just received a message from Ritchie Simpson "The Mortgage Guy" at CENTUM Advantage Financial Group Inc about new rates coming...with this and programs such as the First Time Home Buyers Credit...this could be just what you need
Hi all,
So, The Bank of Canada has lowered the Over Night Rate again to 0.50% yes, that's right 1/2 of 1%. According to the media Canada's chartered banks ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 3, 2009
Ritchie Simpson from CENTUM Advantage Financial Group just sent me the following message.
"Well, if you haven't heard by now the Bank of Canada has lowered the Over-night Rate to a new 50-year low of 1%; the Over-Night Rate is the figure the Bank of Canada uses to signal to Canada's chartered banks what they should do with their lending rates. It appears that the chartered banks will ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 20, 2009
Since the launch of our website in the past year I have been trying to understand the whole blogging items. I have been told by internet consultants that it is something that we need to do for our customers to understand us more and also to give our own spin on what is happening within the real estate industry.
I have recently been "tagged" by a well known blogger in Charlottetown - Peter Rukavina in ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 13, 2009