Laurie Kotak - Mortgage Broker

Laurie Kotak || April 01, 2019

Don't you want to save money???

Everyone is busy and looking for ways to make life easier and quicker. It might seem like one way to do that is to just sign up with your existing bank or credit union when you start to look for a...

Laurie Kotak || March 24, 2019

Assembling Your Home Buying Team

Projects tend to be more successful when there is a great team working together. You could look at purchasing a home as a big project. It is probably the biggest financial investment you will ever...

Laurie Kotak || March 22, 2019

Anatomy of mortgage changes

There is little doubt that housing sales have slowed down in the past year, due in large part to stricter mortgage regulations. Part of those regulations is a mortgage stress test that requires...

Laurie Kotak || March 15, 2019

The Canadian economy and the housing market

We are living in strange times, economically speaking. Mortgage stress tests have slowed the housing market and may be one of the reasons the Bank of Canada has signaled it may pause on increasing...