What’s The Deal? Needing an Appraisal with 20% Down Payment

April 1, 2021July 28, 2018 by Andrew

I’m Andrew Young of Mortgage Wise Financial and Community Mortgage Movement.

What’s the deal with Needing An Appraisal When You Have 20% Down?

To begin with, an appraisal is an unbiased estimate of the value of a home you want to buy or already own by a third party appraiser. It is basically an analysis of recently sold properties, active properties, terminated properties, and expired properties around your area to determine the value of your home right now. Most lenders will consider recent within the last 30 days. A lot of people ask me “Why do the lenders need an appraisal when I have 20% down or more?” This a real easy question to answer. When you have less than 20% down for a down payment, a lender has to go to CMHC, Canada Guarantee, or Genworth to get third party insurance. This then means that the onus is on the insurance company if you were to default on your mortgage. When you have 20% down or more, this means that the onus is on the lender itself. Therefore the lender wants to make sure that the value for the home, if the worst-case scenario were to happen (you were to default on your insurance). They have to go in, take the home and then sell it again on the market. This is why you need an appraisal, even if you are paying 20% or more for your down payment I’m Andrew Young and that’s the deal.

What’s The Deal? Winning

May 5, 2021July 18, 2018 by Andrew

I’m Andrew Young of Mortgage Wise Financial and Community Mortgage Movement.

What’s the deal with Winning?

I am proud to announce that Mortgage Wise Financial is the recipient of the 2018 Canadian Mortgage Award for Top Brokerage in Canada with fewer than 25 employees!

Don’t believe me? Head over to http://canadianmortgageawards.com/winners-finalists/2018-winners-finalists for a full list of the finalists.

the Canadian Mortgage Awards (CMA) celebrates excellence across the entire spectrum of mortgage brokering in Canada and continues to be the leading independent awards event for the mortgage industry. 21 prestigious industry awards are designed to ensure national recognition for large and small organizations and individual mortgage professionals.

Winning a CMA is a career-defining moment!

I can’t tell you how truly proud I am of my entire team at Mortgage Wise Financial, from the brokers to the agents, to the administrative staff. Everyone is so incredible! I also have to thank the Realtors, the Insurance Agents, the lawyers, everybody that is and has supported us in what we do throughout the years. We really want to thank you and for all being part of something very special!

I would also like to thank the award committee and everyone that voted for us and lastly thank you to whomever nominated us, we really appreciate the opportunity!

I’m Andrew Young and this is awesome award! That’s the deal with winning!

What’s The Deal? Community Mortgage Movement

June 2, 2023July 3, 2018 by Andrew

I’m Andrew Young of Mortgage Wise Financial and Community Mortgage Movement.

What’s the deal with Community Mortgage Movement?

I originally started the Community Mortgage Movement back in 2016 as a passion project. The whole point of the organization is to give back to the community that has helped to make me who I am today.

With every deal that I do through Mortgage Wise Financial, a portion of the proceeds go back into the community. This is done in two different ways: 1) this is my family foundation, which is through the London Community Foundation and is given in the form of an endowment. For those unaware what an endowment is, it is a fund that is a receptacle for gifts given in perpetuity. The capital of the endowment remains untouched, and only the income from the fund is used for ongoing programs and services.

2) The Community Mortgage Movement has chosen six charities, these charities have been screened and vetted by us to make sure that every single dollar that is donated is going towards someone who is in need. We piggy back on the Vital Signs report, which is released by the London Community Foundation and is released every 2 years. This report helps to identify and fund the greatest impact that will help the London, Ontario community.

When we first started in 2016, we were very successful and were able to give back $10,000 to charities within the London, Ontario community. In 2017, we were able to give back $15,000 and are goal for this year is to give back $20-25,000.

How Can You Help?

You can refer any of your friends, family, colleagues, and neighbours. Not only will they get incredible rates, competitive products, and at the end of the day they are helping out the community they are investing in.

Thank you again for helping to make Community Mortgage Movement so successful.

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