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	<title>Jason Peatz - Mortgage Associate</title>
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	<description>Helping Small Business Owners Get a Home!</description>
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		<title>Finance Minister Announcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I am sure that you have heard the Finance Minister of Canada has decided to make some adjustments to the lending requirements.
The following is a link to the official press release - http://www.fin.gc.ca/n10/10-011-eng.asp
The most important points are below.


Require that all borrowers meet the standards for a five-year fixed  rate  	mortgage even if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jasonpeatz.com/2010/02/finance-minister-announcement/</link>
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		<title>City Taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know the old line, “There are only 3 things in this world that you can count on: birth, death and taxes”.
If you are purchasing your first home then it is likely the first time you will pay City Taxes.  These taxes are separate from the income tax that you probably paid in the past.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jasonpeatz.com/2010/02/city-taxes/</link>
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		<title>Get Organized!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that really helped me through the purchase of my first home was to be organized.
It is very common to meet people with a great idea, &#8220;I want to buy a home.&#8221;  But they seem to be basing all their purchase on thoughts in their head.  So it is very common for me to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jasonpeatz.com/2010/02/get-organized/</link>
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		<title>Mortgage Payout Penalties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Closed mortgages offer great rates and typically fit most people’s needs.  Most people feel that they can stick to the term of the mortgage they have chosen.  But like a wise man once said &#8211; life is what happens while you were making other plans.
Things happen &#8211; divorce, your job is moved to another city [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jasonpeatz.com/2010/02/mortgage-payout-penalties/</link>
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		<title>Lenders Care About the Quality of Your Property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When people think about a getting their mortgage they usually think it is all about them.  If they can qualify to make the payments why would a bank ever say no to any property?
The reality is that the borrowers are only one part of the equation &#8211; the property is the other part.
Lenders want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jasonpeatz.com/2010/02/lenders-care-about-the-quality-of-your-property/</link>
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