Personal Finance, Budgeting, & Saving Money

What the Stock Market Is Telling Us - Market Indicators

By Michael Lombardi Profit Confidential Writer All eyes are following the world central bank activity as the investors speculate on where to put their money in the stock market. The month of August 2012 stared at a dismal jobs report; with the Labor Department reporting an addition of only 96,000 jobs, as against the predicted [...]

ING to sell ING Direct Canada to Scotiabank

Amsterdam, 29 August 2012 Total consideration of CAD 3.1 billion (EUR 2.5 billion) in cash Expected transaction gain of approximately EUR 1.1 billion after tax at closing Transaction expected to result in capital release of EUR 1.4 billion at closing Positive impact on ING Bank’s core Tier 1 ratio of approximately 47 bps ING announced [...]

Save By Refinancing Your Mortgage

Make Your Ontario Home Equity Work For You Like many other Ontario homeowners, you may be considering using the equity you’ve built in your home to re-invest in your dreams or consolidate debt. Ontario Mortgage Refinance Options A mortgage refinance in Ontario allows you to borrow additional money from the home equity you have accumulated [...]

Benjamin Tal - Economic Buzz - Spring 2012 - The Mortgage Centre

Benjamin Tal Deputy Chief Economist CIBC World Markets He is responsible for analyzing economic developments and their implications for North American fixed income, equity, foreign exchange, and commodities markets. He also acts in an advisory capacity to bank officers on issues related to wealth management, household/corporate credit and risk. The American consumer is starting to [...]

Mortgage Isolator - Change Mortgage Options

Modify Different Conditions of a Mortgage Like the Mortgage Payment Calculator, this calculator shows you how much your payments will be. But here you can isolate and change your payment frequency, amortization, mortgage amount, interest rate or payment size to see what effect it will have on the other variables. If you need help performing [...]

Monthly Mortgage Payment Calculator

Determine Your Monthly Mortgage Payment FAST! Simply fill in your purchase price, downpayment, amortization and payment frequency, and this calculator will show you how much your payments will be and the total amount of interest you’ll pay over the life of the mortgage. If you’re interested in a bi-weekly accelerated payment to pay off your [...]

How Much Income Do I Need? Mortgage Qualifying Calculator

Purchase Price: $ Annual Property Taxes: $ Interest Rate: % Annual Condo Fees: $ Amortization: 10 Years 15 Years 20 Years 25 Years 30 Years 35 Years 40 Years Percent Down: 0% 5% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 0% [...]

How Much Can I Afford - Maximum Mortgage Calculator

How Much Home Can I Afford? Mortgage Centre Can Help! Our Mortgage Centre maximum mortgage calculator will tell you how much you can afford for a mortgage amount and monthly payment based on your income and existing expenses. If you’d like some help with this calculation, or you have special circumstances not covered in this [...]

Rent vs Buy Calculator | The Mortgage Centre

Buying Versus Renting – Which Is Best? It can be tough to decide whether renting or buying is in the best interest for you and your family. We have provided a handy rent vs. buy calculator below which will allow you to consider some of the costs associated with home ownership such as property taxes [...]

Canadian Mortgage Calculators - Mortgage Centre Canada

See what homeownership looks like with Mortgage Centre Canada When planning to purchase a home, it is important to understand the costs associated with homeownership and understanding how much you can afford before starting your house hunt. Home Mortgage Ontario and The Mortgage Centre have provided six Canadian mortgage calculators you can use to determine [...]