Sheila Bianchi - Mortgage Broker

Sheila Bianchi || 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,...

Sheila Bianchi || 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...

Sheila Bianchi || 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...

Sheila Bianchi || September 14, 2020

Is Your Mortgage Deferral Coming to an End? Here’s What You Can Do…

Many of Canada’s lenders and mortgage insurers stepped up to the plate at the height of the pandemic by offering homeowners the option to defer their mortgage payments by up to six months....