Laurie Kotak - Mortgage Broker

Laurie Kotak || December 05, 2019

Some predictions for the 2020 housing market

We have seen many challenges in the housing market over the past few years. Housing prices have been up and down; housing sales were down but have rallied in many areas of the country in the last half...

Laurie Kotak || November 08, 2019

Buying a home doesn’t have to be stressful

Buying a house should be an exciting time but it can get pretty stressful, not only for first time home buyers, but for move-up buyers as well. The number one worry is finding problems after moving...

Laurie Kotak || September 24, 2019

Potential mortgage changes just announced by the Conservative Party

There has been a lot of media attention in the past 24 hours about the Conservatives announcing that they want to revisit the stress test on mortgages as well as possibly look at bringing back the...

Laurie Kotak || September 24, 2019

Use the Smith Maneuver to Build Wealth

What’s the Smith Maneuver? It’s a wealth-building strategy to create a tax-deductible mortgage. You may have heard, and envied, that mortgage holders in the US can claim their mortgage interest as...