Lynn Meldrum's (lmeldrum) Blog

I have found the best rate right now for a 5 year fixed at 3.89%  If you have anyone interested about the rate let me know and I will give you more details.   Here's the joke just so that everyone can get a friday afternoon giggle AN IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO An attractive blonde from Cork, Irelan...

Now that I showed the impossible in the last blog here is a blog about the possible.  These are the latest and greatist rates for our neck of the woods. Lynn Meldrum , Mortgage Professional  Verico Canada First Mortgage Phone 1-403-554-9142 Fax  1-866-53-4235 Email  lynn@canadafirstmortgage.com T...

I was emailed a story of a man and a shark.  Usually the outcome of these types of scenarios are unfortunate and ugly.  However this turned out well for all.  I am hoping that I can continue to make connections with people the way this shark made the connection with this fisherman.  Let me know w...

To get mortgage savvy you need to know a few things about the lender you will be using.  There are some Mortgage Lenders who are able to take on more variety of clients then others.  If you have some challenging issues in regards to your credit there are Lenders out there willing to take you on H...

To get mortgage savvy you need to know a few things about the lender you will be using.  There are some Mortgage Lenders who are able to take on more variety of clients then others.  If you have some challenging issues in regards to your credit there are Lenders out there willing to take you on H...

Rigth now is the best time to look at refinancing your home.  Rates are very low right now (Best so far is 3.9% for a 2 year fixed.  If your mortgae was done in the last two years your rates will have been higher than they are know.  even for a straight switch it would be great because your mortg...

I was thinking about who would need my services the most in this economic time.  I realized that if you worked for a company that may be laying people off and you didn't have any kind of buffer in your bank account.  This would be a time of stress for you.  Not only does employment insurance pay ...

I realize that someone with a mortgage these days can sometimes be in a negative equity situation, however if your not you could take your payments down by hundreds if not thousands by refinancing and putting all your bills onto your mortgage.  This shouldn't be a yearly occurance if you eventaul...

Well I thought my predictions would be better than they are.  Bank of Canada went down and most lenders went down with it.  As of April 1st most of the Canadian Lenders will drop their prime to 2.5%  All of those people who got adjustable rate mortgages at Prime -.90% are laughing all the way to ...

I just recently did a workshop and found a lot of interest with this group of  first time home buyers.  They were excited and looking forward to purchasing in the next while.  The Place that we did the workshop at asked if we could do this more so that if other people were interested they could a...