Tag Archive for: Alternative Lending

Plan B!

Sometimes our best made plans go astray. Things don’t always turn out as you have planned so you need to be prepared with alternative solutions to help you reach your goals. Planned to go to Florida for vacation but could not get a flight, but still intend on going so look at other options to get you there. Gyms are closed due to covid but you still want to workout, take up running like so many more of us have done over the past year. Can’t go out to see a movie, consider picking up a great book.

This can also apply to the world of financing. You finely found your dream home but the big bank lender or AAA lender turned you down. There are still options to make your dream a reality. As long as you are open … Read more

Recession over? You tell me!

Last year this time, I found myself heaping praise on Wells Fargo for being basically the lone survivor in the Canadian Sub Prime or Alternative mortgage market. Now as of yesterday they are no more, they have thrown in the towel and hitched up their wagon and left town, just like all the others. See the note below. However there is one silver lining to this story, as I believe that we live in a vacuum, as one leaves another arrives. Earlier this week we received an announcement that Toronto Dominion bank has their own alternative lender ( called VFC)  now open for business. So now even if your credit is less than perfect, or you are self employed and can only qualify for a stated income mortgage ( because you make 150K but only claim 25K for example) there … Read more