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Roughly one in three Canadians on average have committed financial infidelity: they’ve lied to a partner about their income, spending or saving habits, maxed out a credit card or not told a partner…

If you know anything about mortgage life insurance, you’ve heard the complaint that the benefit decreases, so it’s not worth it. But is that really true? What is Mortgage Life…

Conventional wisdom says it’s cheaper to rent than own, but it also says that buying is always smarter financially. The truth is somewhere in the middle, and as usual, there’s no one size fits…

20/20 Mortgage Life Insurance is proud to offer supplemental coverage to our mortgage life insurance policies in the form of a disability rider. You may not be familiar with disability insurance, so…

If you’re starting to look into buying a house, you already have an eye to your financial realities. You know decreasing your debt load will help with securing a mortgage, so you begin to explore…

Buying a house is stressful. That may even be an understatement. There’s so much paperwork and even with a great realtor, you may not understand half of what you’re signing. Where did all these…

Credit card or consumer debt is one of the biggest financial difficulties facing Canadians today. It’s easy to defer a financial reckoning through the use of credit cards and other tactics, but you…

Buying a home is a big investment. But how big? A lot of factors go into deciding how much your mortgage should be, but often banks and calculators will give you a high estimate. No one wants to be…

When buying a home, one of the most important factors in your future is the realtor you select to represent you as a buyer. They are the ones who should find you the right home and negotiate you the…

Running a household can be expensive. Check out our tips for planning, purchasing, and saving money on groceries. Canadians’ biggest expense is housing. Mortgages or rent, utilities, and…

You may have read about who we believe should have mortgage life insurance coverage, but been left with questions. 20/20 Mortgage Life Insurance would like to take this blog to talk a bit more about…

If you’re buying a home, you may have heard of mortgage life insurance--and all the reasons you shouldn’t buy it. But the market has changed, and so has mortgage life insurance. While it’s…

The Home Buyers Plan allows you to withdraw up to $25,000 from your RRSP early to use as a down payment. In this post, 20/20 Mortgage Life Insurance gives you the ins and outs, as well as the pros…