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If you have a mortgage renewal looming in the next six months, now is the opportune moment to engage with the Analogue Mortgage Broker....
jonathancbarlow
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Banning Foreign Buyers is not a housing affordability strategy.
The Canadian government has announced that they will bar foreign buyers from purchasing Canadian residential properties as an initiative...
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jonathancbarlow
Nov 21, 20221 min read
The "Evil Bank" Does Not Exist! An Indifferent One Is Much More Real.
Some tips on how to manage your bank interactions so they work for you...
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jonathancbarlow
Sep 8, 20221 min read
Mortgage Rates and An Analogue Perspective
Me holding the rate boomerang... Our second renewal offer for our mortgage was for seven years at 4.84%. When I spoke to the bank...
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jonathancbarlow
Jul 28, 20222 min read
Analogue Advice On Buying A Home.
Opposite end of the same street. Apologies to the OP for not crediting you. Often, when we’re buying a home, we’re focused completely on...
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jonathancbarlow
Jul 13, 20221 min read
In A Digital Age, You Want An Analogue Broker.
Greetings from your analogue mortgage broker.... With more and more of our lives intersecting with digital processes, it’s easy to take...
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jonathancbarlow
Jul 4, 20221 min read
More From The Grey Haired Guy… A Mortgage Check Up
Okay so, I feel like I wasn’t entirely honest with you last time. I may have implied that my grey hair is a newish thing. In truth, I’ve...
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jonathancbarlow
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Looking For A Reverse Mortgage Advisor? Choose By Hair Colour.
Actual photo - not a simulation. No dyes, colours or rinse used. I was only half joking about the hair colour thing... If you are nearing...
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jonathancbarlow
Jun 2, 20221 min read
The Kids Are Alright But What About The Grandkids?
My Grandparents enjoying the sun at our home on Keewatin Avenue, Toronto circa 1970 I’ve written previously about the benefits for some...
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jonathancbarlow
May 11, 20222 min read
I Might Not Be the Right One for You
I tend to blur the line between work and personal relationships. In fact I tend to treat that line as non existent. For example, I’m...
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jonathancbarlow
Apr 27, 20222 min read
All Change – Rate Changes That Drive Us Crazy Also Bring Opportunity
By now, unless you don’t have any access to news media whatsoever, you’ll be aware that interest rates are on the rise. Fixed rates have...
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jonathancbarlow
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Some Place Called Home
A couple of days I go, I met a friend, another broker, for a drink and a chat. It was interesting and a little nerve wracking, meeting...
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jonathancbarlow
Sep 17, 20212 min read
A Year From Election Day…
Housing demand will still outstrip supply In the short, sometimes fevered run up to the election, each party has made room in their...
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jonathancbarlow
Apr 28, 20211 min read
Adding More Stress To The Local Housing Market.
Recently the government, through the body that regulates federally charted lenders, OSFI, announced that it was ‘considering’ changing...
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jonathancbarlow
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Fixed vs Variable - Predictable vs. Cheaper
Nothing to do with mortgages, just reminds me of summer! There are a number of reasons that lenders always lead their marketing with the...
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