CMHC Home Buying Tips
CMHC Home Buying Tips for Ontario
CMHC a semi government association which allows Canadians to own their homes even if they don’t have 20% down payment. If you are in the market looking to buy your home, invest or refinance real estate, you should go through these home buying tips to prepare yourself for purchasing & refinancing your home.
CMHC Home Buying Tips – Right Home Fact Sheet
Are You Financially Ready to Own Your home? Check out these Articles
- Do You Know Your Household Budget?
- Estimate Total Cost of Your Home Purchase?
- Home Hunting Comparison Sheet
- How to Select a Real Estate Lawyer or a Notary?
- Step by Step Home Buying
- How to Protect from Mortgage Fraud when Purchasing or Refinancing Your Home?
- Housing for New Comers
- Open Yourself to Home Ownership
- 2011 Mortgage Consumer Survey by Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC)
- How to Deal with Mortgage Payment Difficulties?
If you have any questions about tip or a step on this page, feel free to call 1-800-808-1613 an licensed Mortgage planner will be able to assist you with your question or concern. Go ahead and book your No Cost Mortgage Strategy Session to jump start the process
F.A.Q.
FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM
This federal government program aka Home Buyers Plan (HBP) allow first time home buyers to withdraw RRSP funds up to $25,000 once with out any income tax on it.
If both you and your spouse/ partner qualifies for this federal government program, you can each borrow up to $25,000.
As long as you or your partner have not owned a primary residence within last 5 years and you are buying this property to live in you may be qualified for home buyers plan (HBP).
YES, you have to pay the rrsp withdrawn under the home buyers plan as a first time home buyer.
As per the plan all first time home buyers should start paying the rrsp loan back from year two onwards.
In general 1/15th of the borrowed rrsp funds under home buyers plan should be paid off every year. Any unpaid amount will be taxed in year 15.
If you buying a primary residnece in Ontario you may qualify for a Land Transfer Tax rebate from provicial government. You may receive back up to $4,000 in taxes you paid when buying your first home in Ontario.
Yes Indeed!
If you are ready to buy your first home in Ontario Canada, You should speak to a mortgage expert who will take time to sit with you, evaluate your situation in detail, gather income and down payment documents and is willing to evaluate your credit details.
Being pre approved has become critical for all first time home buyers since Jan 01, 2018 when mortgage stress test was implemented. Everyone who has purchased a home in past or are first time home buyers has to pass the mortgage stress test.