Sydney Smith - Mortgage Broker

Sydney Smith || November 16, 2020

What Happened to the Expected House Price Crash?

According to many forecasts from earlier this year, Canadian home prices should have fallen anywhere from 5% to 20% from pre-pandemic levels by now. On the contrary, average prices are up...

Sydney Smith || October 27, 2020

Fixed or Variable in These Unusual Times?

Fixed or variable—it’s the classic rate decision many mortgage shoppers are faced with. And it’s only been made more complicated since the start of the pandemic. Towards the latter half of 2019,...

Sydney Smith || October 15, 2020

Home Appraisals – The New Normal During COVID-19

Many aspects of the homebuying process changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but few have relied on such creative solutions as those employed for home appraisals. In the early days of...

Sydney Smith || September 28, 2020

The Surge in Home Sales. What’s Next?

So COVID happened and is still happening; and while the real estate market did take a hit in March and April, it came back like gangbusters in subsequent months. According to the Canadian Real...