Looking to sell your existing home and upgrade?

Hey everyone, hope you are all eager for an early spring. I don't mind winter but this year I'm looking forward to a nice spring and with spring in the air many of you may be thinking about selling and perhaps upgrading to a larger home. Selling and buying is not too tricky but here are a couple quick tips to keep in mind:

1. Calculate how much money you will have net should you sell (at a responsible price), minus real estate broker fees (plus taxes), minus mortgage balance and bank penalty (assuming your mortgage is not portable or not worth porting).

2. Will the net proceeds all go towards the new down payment? Can I use some of that money to lower or pay off some debt?

3. Get pre-approved for the new purchase. You can get pre-approved without actually selling or listing. This not only helps set a budget for the new purchase, it also ensures that your credit, income, and incomes taxes are in order. It's not a bad idea to do all this before before listing your home.

4. Can I make a conditional offer on a new home pending the sale of mine? Yes you can however this type of offer is not the strongest because anyone else can walk-in and make an offer without that condition. In such cases, the vendor would give you 72 hours to sell your home otherwise you lose your offer. If your new purchase is really your dream home then sometimes it makes sense to first refinance your present home so you have the down payment. Thereafter you sell and port the new mortgage to the new home later.

5. What if the notary date for the sale of my home is scheduled after my new purchase? Not a problem. In such cases bridge loans are available through the banks.

Behind the scenes at CJAD 800AM

Morning Quebec. We have been wanting to create a behind the scenes video of our radio show for a while. Finally we've done it! Ever wonder how a radio show appears in action while on air? I think being on CJAD is my favorite part of what we do. You can say that I've taken a Q from Jian Ghomeshi. North East Mortgages on CJAD 800AM, behind the scenes video.

 

 

Dan Laxer and Terry Kilakos getting ready for the show. I'm behind the glass manning the phones

Yea I'm a little nerdy...I like talk radio

North East Mortgages in the news: "Brokerage benefits from RBC?"

Wow Vernon Clement Jones from MortgageBrokerNews, just wrote an article about North East Mortgages and Terry Kilakos (Founder and President).

"Try not to snicker, but one brokerage has found a way to piggyback off of RBC’s success, relocating to a storefront the bank only recently vacated after 30 years.

“I don’t think they knew it was being leased to me,” said Terry Kilakos, a chartered Mortgage Broker and owner of VERICO North East Mortgages in Montreal. “All’s fair in love and war, though, and this location is not only great because it`s a corner lot on a high-traffic area, but it’s been identified as a bank for decades in the minds of consumers, which should help grow our walk-in traffic.”

That’s usually why banks vacating old branch locations avoid selling to other financial services players.
In fact, they frequently rely on sales agreements holding the buyer to a moratorium on that kind of business for as long as five years. Kilakos is leasing from the new owner of the stone-clad building and hasn't entered into any agreement with the bank.

He moves into the leased 3,000 sq.-ft. spot at the heart of Montreal`s Saint-Laurent borough on April 1."

To read more check out the rest of the article...