It's all on the house
Story date: 2007-10-13 07:33:00
Added on: 2007-10-13 08:23:26
National Post - The federal government also lowered the minimum down payment consumers have to make before being forced to get mortgage insurance. Instead of 25%, consumers now only need to come up with a 20% down-payment to avoid costly mortgage insurance. So, a ...
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