Archive for February, 2010

“Vancouver City” A Very Cool HD Time Lapse Video of Our Gorgeous City!

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Hi All,

A client recently showed me this video on Youtube and I was so impressed I thought I’d share it with you. Its by David and Dan Newcomb featuring music by Linda Ganzini and I would say these are the most breath taking moving images I have seen of Vancouver aside from reality.

To see this video in all its glory make sure to change the settings to 1080dp on the youtube player!

A Mortgage Pre-Approval is NOT a Guarantee of a Mortgage!

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Mortgage Pre-Approvals are NOT Guarantees of a Mortgage!

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chad Watts of The Mortgage Group about mortgage pre-approvals. He brought up a very important point for Buyers, particularly First Time Home Buyers. And that is a mortgage pre-approval is NOT a guarantee that you will get a mortgage at the amount the Lender originally mentions or get a mortgage at all.

What is a Mortage Pre-Approval?

This is a preliminary estimation by a Lender of how much the Lender will loan you based on very basic information. This number is subject to change based on what property you (more…)