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Update: December 18-24

Brian / December 24th, 2011 / No Comments

Happy Holidays! CF and I are getting ready for an early turkey dinner tonight – I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday and eating lots. As 2011 winds down, it’s hard to believe we’ve been writing on and off for the better part of a year. Watch for a recap of our favorite stuff from the past year next week. There hasn’t been much of a slowdown in the blogosphere through December...

Posted in: General Tagged with: Anchoring, early retirement, saving money

Mortgage transfer to TD Bank

Mortgage transfer, mortgage, real estate, property

Brian / November 10th, 2011 / 1 Comment

Over the last month, we’ve been going through the process of transferring our mortgage from Vancity to TD Bank. Our five year term with Vancity is not due until 2015, and we pay three months interest in penalty to Vancity for breaking the terms of our mortgage. Why are we doing it? TD was able to offer us a rate that was 0.85% lower than Vancity. When you’re talking about a mortgage worth...

Posted in: Money, Real Estate Tagged with: Lower rate mortgage, paying off your mortgage, saving money, switching mortgage, TD mortgage, Vancity Credit Union

Updates: May 8-14

CF / May 14th, 2011 / 2 Comments

This weekend I am going to Seattle for a girls weekend. We do this once or twice a year. I’m super excited because I haven’t bought clothes in about 4-5 months and I’m looking forward to picking up a few things while I’m down in the states! Meanwhile, Brian is off to the Netherlands for a week long work-related conference. Let’s all turn green with envy together. ...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: minimalism, saving money, stuff