Canada Mortgage Calculator

MORTGAGE INFO SEARCH

This search is provided by Google and is tweaked to skew results in favour of web sites suitable to Canadian home buyers. It returns much more targeted results than a standard Google search. Try typing in "mortgage" as an example:

BLOGS AND NEWS

• Toronto at Home: Toronto's Real Estate Blog

  Daily updates include news, views and topical issues.

• I am Facing Foreclosure .com

  "I'm a 24-year-old aspiring real estate investor from Sacramento CA. After going to few seminars I bought 8 houses in 8 months across 4 states with no money down. I fixed and sold 2 and then ran out of cash. I am now facing foreclosure on 4 houses. I'm learning my lessons, finding solutions and blogging about it."

• CanEquity Mortgage Canada

  At CanEquity Mortgage, we bring you the latest Canadian mortgage news and housing related articles.

TIPS

• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

  Loads of information for home buyers, owners and sellers. Check out their free guides and housing market information.

• wikiHow: How To Buy a House

  A lot of great tips. Check out the related links as well, which include How to Determine if There Is a Housing Bubble in Your Neighborhood

• The Mortgage Professor

  The nitty-gritty details on how mortgages work and excellent advice to avoid getting a raw deal.

• Is It Better to Buy or Rent? - New York Times

  An excellent calculator to help determine when buying a home will start paying off. Great design and a lot of advanced features.

• John Chow: Buying vs Renting

  A discussion around the merits of buying and renting including some interesting new perspectives.

• Wired 13.05: Cracking the Real Estate Code

  Is your agent really working for the enemy? A user's guide to home economics (and how to beat the expert industry).

REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

• Multiple Listing Service

  The most complete list of homes available in one place. Look here first. All listings are provided by members of The Canadian Real Estate Association.

• Craigslist

  A great source for property listings for sale by owner, or otherwise not listed on MLS.

• HousingMaps

  Nifty mash-up of Craigslist and Google Maps. There are only 3 Canadian cities listed, however: Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.

SPONSORED LINKS

• MoneySearch.ca - Ontario Mortgage Broker

  Licensed Mortgage Broker for residential and commercial mortgages for purchase, refinance, debt consolidation or construction in Ontario, Canada.