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A Guest Blog by Kevin Marshman, President & CEO Habitat for Humanity Canada A home of your own is far more than a financial asset. For low-income families, ownership of a safe…
Last year I remember sitting in the audience of the CAAMP Mortgage Hall of Fame Awards Night feeling very proud of FCT’s President, Pat Chetcuti for his induction into the Mortgage Hall…
In earlier posts to the FCT Blog, we outlined the important protection and benefits that title insurance brings to home-owners and lenders. But why should a mortgage broker care about title insurance?…
From time to time, the FCT blog will host leaders in the real estate and mortgage industry in Canada. We are honoured to host our first guest blogger Jim Murphy, AMP, the…
Recently I read an answer column in @TheProvince suggesting to a BC homeowner that they work with a bank and a lawyer to remove a fraudulent mortgage from their property. http://ow.ly/qorbe My…
Why would that be? In earlier posts, we discussed the significant risks that title insurance covers for homeowners. But why would mortgage lenders care about title insurance? They just provide the money,…
I would like to take a moment to salute our armed forces and their families. Remembrance Day is a date of remembrance for the men and women who have served and continue…
In Michael’s last blog he spoke about the need to create informed consumers knowledgeable about title insurance. So in the spirit of being an “informed consumers” its time to test your knowledge…
November is financial literacy month and since the financial crisis there has been a great effort on the part of governments, financial institutions and financial services professionals to increase the financial knowledge…
I always read with great interest any stats on the financial information of the overall title insurance sector. Reports and magazines are generally issued mid year after the companies make their year-end…