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Archive for June, 2009

Reverse mortgages: Beware the come-ons

Posted in June 30th, 2009
by Barrie Home Inspector in Mortgages

The loans can help you tap the equity in your house. Just don’t get tripped up by greedy salespeople. Interesting article from Money Magazine warning US seniors about the risks to Reverse Mortgages.  Would not the same problems exist in Canada? (MONEY Magazine) — Last year, borrowers took out more than 132,000 reverse mortgages – [...]

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Energy Audits and Your Home

Posted in June 22nd, 2009
by Barrie Home Inspector in Home Improvement, energy audits

Grant Table for ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Effective March 30, 2009 Thinking of ways to make your home more energy-efficient? Here’s what you can do to reduce your energy consumption and receive grants through ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is offering residential energy efficiency evaluations through licensed service organizations to owners of [...]

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Juno Beach – Don Cherry

Posted in June 7th, 2009
by Barrie Home Inspector in Political

While checking the score of the Stanley Cup final between the two American Teams, Detroit and Pittsburgh, I happened to catch Don Cherry and his commentary regarding the ceremonies at Juno Beach. Don Cherry seems to be one of the only Canadians that cared that Canada did not participate in the fly by at Juno [...]

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