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Current Mortgage Rates
Rate Term 5-Year Fixed 5.69% 3-Year VRM 5.40%, Prime minus 0.85% Quote of the Week "Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it." M. Scott Peck Paul Croteau Mortgage Specialist BMO Bank of Montreal...
About Elayne Whitfield…
Elayne Whitfield began her Virtual Assistant practice, Executive Assistance, in September 2000 and incorporated Executive Assistance Business Solutions Inc. in May 2005. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1987 and worked for several years in...
The Humorous Side of Real Estate…
This is your house as seen by... Yourself... Your Buyer... Your Lender... Your Appraiser... Your Tax Assessor...
Great North End Location at 151 Linwell Road Unit 30!
UPDATE: This property was reduced in price and sold! Click here for the update! Please use our online complimentary St. Catharines Ontario real estate search to find similar available listings. Just over 1,000 sq ft plus basement Great North end Location! Owner...
Timothy Supports the Niagara Ice Dogs!!
Welcome Niagara Ice Dogs
Let's welcome the Niagara Ice Dogs to St. Catharines!! There’s quite a buzz in the city as the Niagara Ice Dogs take to the ice this Friday night in their first home game against the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors, the game starts at 7:30pm at the Jack Gatecliff...
Current Mortgage Rates
Rate Term 5-Year Fixed 5.69% 3-Year VRM 5.40%, Prime minus 0.85% Quote of the Week "Action is the foundational key to all success." Pablo Picasso Paul Croteau Mortgage Specialist BMO Bank of Montreal ph: (905) 321-3230 Paul.Croteau@bmo.com
United Way Sets $3.1M Target
Frances Hallworth could likely think of 3.1 million reasons to donate to the United Way of St. Catharines and District. The executive director for the charity just hopes residents throughout north Niagara will think of a few of themselves and help the United Way reach...
Fire Safety
My full-time investment specialist, Karl Regier, and myself help many clients purchase properties while their child(ren) attend Colleges or Universities (in our area, Niagara College and Brock University). Their children have an affordable place to stay and, at the...
Current Mortgage Rates
In the interest of providing the most up-to-date real estate related information, we will be posting the current mortgage rates available in our area, courtesy of Paul Croteau, Mortgage Specialist with BMO Bank of Montreal. Rate Term 5-Year Fixed 5.75% 3-Year VRM...
The Niagara Greek Festival!
This weekend features the Niagara Greek Festival! The festival will take place from September 7th through September 9th, in the north-end of St. Catharines, at 585 Niagara Street (corner of Linwell and Niagara). For more information, you can go to Niagara Greek...
Your Family’s Safety
My full-time investment specialist, Karl Regier, and myself help many clients purchase properties while their child(ren) attend Colleges or Universities (in our area, Niagara College and Brock University). Their children have an affordable place to stay and, at the...
Interesting…
My real age life is only 46 and my life expectancy is 81. Boy, I am healthy!! Here's a world counter for various issues: The Spirit of Now After a couple of clicks, I was led to a nifty interactive "Real Age and life Expectancy" calculator that may be of interest:...
Well Football Fans…!
Tonight is the first football game in the NFL (National Football League) between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. This blog allows me to let everyone know that I'm a devoted Buffalo Bills fan and I'm hoping, at least this year, we will be in the...
About Jim Gifford…
Jim was born and raised on a large farm near Quebec City, but lived in the Niagara Region since he turned 18. In 1970, he was employed by Canadian Tire Acceptance in Welland where he held several jobs and eventually progressed to the position of Personnel Director....