Signs and Portents in Ontario Mortgage World
2 more Purchase failures
Hi-Ratio Mortgage client loses his job 6 days before closing, nothing we can do short of cosigners
And again the Buyer end of one of our Purchase clients cannot close due to last minute financing failure
More Weird Real Estate Trends
When you buy a house you have to put down a deposit: $5K, $10K, $50K, $100K
The amount of the deposit has to do with local traditions and the value of the property ($5K deposit doesn't make sense on a $4M house)
The deposit is meaningful
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It is meant to determine the seriousness of the Buyer, if a person has $50K or $200K unencumbered they should be good
Introducing "Rent a Deposit" the concept has been around forever but recently some companies want to turn it into a bigger business
How does it work:
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Let's say a homeowner would wants to move up to a bigger, better house
They have a ton of Home Equity (mainly created in the last 24 months) but next to no cash
These companies can lend you $100K towards a deposit on a new huge home so you can win that bidding war
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Now, they are smart enough to control the money, make sure if the bid fails it comes right back and they have mechanisms to lien the existing house if needed
All I am pointing out is that systems have been developed to EASILY game a system that judges deposits as important