Posts Tagged ‘mortgage’

Budgeting 101 – Part 1 of 5

If you want to make a budget, you need to understand your expenses, short-term, medium-term and long-term. Monthly expenses can be fixed or variable. Annual expenses can be fixed and some variable.

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Financial Math – The 5% House Down-Payment

The reality is that owning a home can be the root of a myriad of problems, one of which is tied to the 5% down-payment. With mortgage insurance, you can buy a house with only a 5% down-payment.  Mortgage insurance is actually required whenever your down-payment is 20% or less of the purchase price.

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What Happens if I Default on My Consumer Proposal

If a debtor is 3 months in arrears of monthly consumer proposal payments the consumer proposal is deemed annulled, which means that creditors can resume collection actions. There is no automatic bankruptcy if a debtor defaults on a consumer proposal.

that fails to make more than 2 payments cumulative during the Proposal will have their Proposal annulled and creditors can resume collecting their balances plus interest less any payments made. While a default on a Consumer Proposal will not automatically result in a Bankruptcy, however, the debtor cannot file another Proposal.

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Dealing With Debt – Understanding the Two Types of Proposals

Division 1 Proposal Is when a consumer debtor owes more than $250,000 in debts, excluding the mortgage on their principal residence. If creditors don’t accept this proposal there is a deemed personal bankruptcy.

A consumer proposal is when a consumer debtor owes less than $250,000 in debts, excluding the mortgage on their principal residence. There is no deemed personal bankruptcy if the creditors reject the consumer proposal.

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Can I Apply For Credit While Bankrupt?

Filing for personal bankruptcy does not prevent you from applying for credit however as a bankrupt person you have a duty not to engage in any business transactions, or obtain credit of more than $1,000, without disclosing to the lender that you are an undischarged bankrupt. 

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