Royal LePage Access Real Estate Blog - Salmon Arm Real Estate

Royal LePage Access Presents Cheque to the SAFE Society

Posted by Marv Beer on September 8th, 2015

Way back in May, we held our Garage Sale for Shelter in support of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and had a great day! The sale was conducted in about 100 Royal LePage offices across Canada including our office here in Salmon Arm. A very successful day led to our biggest total to date for our office with $5,001.87 raised.

Today, the proceeds from the Garage Sale were presented to Jane Shirley, Executive Director of the SAFE Society here in Salmon Arm. All the money raised, that's $5001.87 goes to support the needs of the emergency shelter at the SAFE Society.

We're already starting plans for next's year's sale too! The date has been set for May 7, 2016. Stay tuned for more details as they become available. 

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Salmon Arm Garage Sale for Shelter Raises Over $5000!

Posted by Marv Beer on May 22nd, 2015

The final tally is in for our Royal LePage Garage Sale for Shelter held on May 9, 2015 at our office here in Salmon Arm, BC. Between the sale items, the hot dog sales and the silent auction, we raised a total of $5,001.87 for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. The entire donation will come back to the S.A.F.E. Society Women's Shelter here in Salmon Arm. This is an outstanding amount with an increase of 40.2% over our 2014 sale!

The National Garage Sale for Shelter is an annual event held at Royal LePage offices across Canada. The first six years of the event has raised over $2,000,000 nationally and supports hundreds of women's shelters from coast to coast. This is our third year doing this event. In that time we have raised $10,888.95 through the…

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CMHC Insurance Rates Going Up!

Posted by Marv Beer on April 15th, 2015

Are you considering a home purchase in the next few months? Will you be obtaining a "high ratio" mortgage with at less than 10% of the purchase value as a downpayment? If so, here's something you'll need to know.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has announced their mortgage default insurance (MDI) rates are going up on June 1, 2015 for mortgages where the downpayment is less than 10%.

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) reports "For the average Canadian homebuyer with less than a 10% down payment, CMHC premiums will rise by 0.45% to 3.6% which translates into an increase of $5 in monthly mortgage payments;  for those with a “non-traditional” down payment of less than 10%, premiums will increase by 0.5% to 3.85%, or about $6…

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