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December 28, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's President, Kelvin Mangaroo, appeared on CTV News to discuss credit card tips and other ways to deal with personal debt after the holiday shopping season.

December 7, 2010

No money down? Borrower beware - Another pitfall of store credit cards is the negative effect they can have on your credit score if used improperly, says Kelvin Mangaroo, president of the rate-comparison website RateSupermarket.ca.

December 6, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results were released today for December 2010. The Panel believes the Bank of Canada will provide homeowners and mortgage shoppers an early Christmas gift and hold interest rates steady tomorrow.

December 6, 2010

Avoid a holiday credit card catastrophe - One of them is Kelvin Mangaroo, president of RateSupermarket.ca, who chooses one rewards credit card for all his holiday purchases and pays the balance in full, using the rewards to pay for flights and hotels when he travels.

December 1, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's market-leading rate data and extensive network of financial institutions and brokers will enable Mint.com, a leading online personal finance service from Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), to provide personalized money saving recommendations to its users, as well as easy access to all products.

November 27, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's Kelvin Mangaroo appeared on CTV News Network and spoke with anchor Jacqueline Milczarek, about special credit cards offers that can help consumers save money on existing credit card debt.

November 26, 2010

Kelvin Mangaroo, President of RateSupermarket.ca, was a guest speaker on The Afternoon News with Tom Young, airing on News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 Saint John and News 91.9 Moncton. discussing credit cards tips for the holidays

November 22, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca Offers a Cure For Christmas Credit Card Catastrophes - Top Tips Could Save Canadian Consumers Hundreds This Holiday Season.

November 8, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca founder, Kelvin Mangaroo, appeared on CTV News to talk to host Jennifer Ward about the latest mortgage rates statistics.

November 5, 2010

Mortgage Rates In Neutral - RateSupermarket.ca's panel of experts expect no change in fixed- or variable-rate mortgages this month.

November 5, 2010

Hypothèques : les taux resteront bas en novembre - Les propriétaires d'immeubles pourront financer leurs maisons à des taux encore avantageux, note RateSupermarket.ca, le site Internet bilingue de comparaison des taux d'intérêt au Canada.

November 4, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results were released today for November 2010. Our Panel of experts believe Canadians will have continued low fixed and variable mortgage rates throughout November.

November 2, 2010

The Globe and Mail's Rob Carrick wrote an article entitled 'A safe way to juice up your GIC yields' and listed RateSupermarket.ca as one of the 'resources that will help you gauge whether you're being offered a competitive rate on GICs'.

September 25, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's, Kelvin Mangaroo, appeared on CP24 Radio 1050's Saturday morning radio show, the Finance Hour, with the show's hosts are James Plewak, CEO, Strength Finance, and Michael Garrity, CEO, CommunityLend. The show's topic was "Mortgage Options and what to do when the bank says 'no'".

September 9, 2010

CTV's Pat Foran, profiled a customer who had a misunderstanding with TD Bank about the size of her mortgage penalty for breaking her mortgage contract. RateSupermarket.ca's, Kelvin Mangaroo, commented on the different mortgage penalties.

September 9, 2010

CTV's Pat Foran, did a story on some misunderstandings about the dreaded mortgage penalty and spoke with RateSupermarket.ca's President, Kelvin Mangaroo, about the IRD penalty.

September 8, 2010

CBC The National's, Havard Gould spoke with RateSupermarket.ca President, Kelvin Mangaroo, about whether the Bank of Canada's quarter-point boost in interest rates will affect your mortgage

September 8, 2010

The RateSupermarket.ca team appeared on the CBC Evening News discussing the Bank of Canada's interest rate hike and its impact on consumers.

September 2, 2010

According to a panel of mortgage experts polled by online mortgage rate comparison site RateSupermarket.ca, both fixed-rate and floating rate mortgages will remain unchanged for the next 30 to 45 days.

September 2, 2010

Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for September 2010 are released. Our Panel of experts believe September will be very similar with a small possibility of further downward movement.

August 31, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's President, Kelvin Mangaroo, was asked to discuss a think tank's report on the possibility of a Canadian housing bubbleon CTV News today with anchor Dan Matheson.

August 30, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's Preident, Kelvin Mangaroo, was quoted in the Globe and Mail story entitled "Credit card crackdown may cost consumers".

August 9, 2010

RatesSupermarket.ca shows that you can get a variable-rate mortgage at about 2.05 per cent at the moment -- that's cheap. However, it appears the central bank is in hiking mode, with some analysts expecting another increase in September.

August 5, 2010

Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for August 2010 are released. Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop in August.

July 17, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's President, Kelvin Mangaroo, was asked to have a chat with Jacqueline Milczarek, Anchor, CTV News Today and CTV News Weekend, about the Bank of Canada's upcoming expected interest rate hike and how that will affect mortgage rates.

June 22, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca is on the front page of today's Globe and Mail 'Life' section following on from our HST study last week.

June 22, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca is on the front page of today's Globe and Mail 'Life' section following on from our HST study last week. You can view the newspaper clippings here.

June 21, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca was featured on the CTV evening news Consumer Alerts segment with Pat Foran, and highlighted our HST study last week on the increased costs for home buyers and home owners.

June 17, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca Educating Homebuyers on Coming HST Storm. Survey Shows 60% of Respondents Unaware of How HST Will Affect Home Owners/Purchases.

June 11, 2010

Maybe your mortgage needs a check-up. While about 80% of Canadians visit a doctor at least once a year to help ensure they remain physically healthy, the number of people who check their financial health by regularly reviewing their mortgage is far less.

June 9, 2010

Taux hypothécaires : monteront-ils ? Les six experts consultés par le site RateSupermarket.ca, un organisme indépendant qui n'est associé avec aucun courtier hypothécaire ou institution financière, ne sont pas parvenus à dégager un consensus sur la direction que prendront les taux hypothécaires au pays.

June 7, 2010

The RateSupermarket.ca Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for June 2010 have been released. Uncertainty is the key word in this months Outlook as turmoil continues in Europe, dampening the domestic economic recovery.

May 7, 2010

The Globe and Mail's Rob Carrick included the latest results of our Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel in his weekly roundup of the best personal finance and investing reading on the Web.

May 6, 2010

The RateSupermarket.ca Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for May 2010 have been released. Our Panel believes that further mortgage rate increases are on the horizon.

May 5, 2010

Real estate: Signs of anxiety. Tara Perkins from the Globe and Mail wrote an article on rising interest rates and increased consumer concern on this trend and included RateSupermarket.ca's, Kelvin Mangaroo."

April 21, 2010.

RateSupermarket.ca's founder, Kelvin Mangaroo, appeared along with Paula Roberts, Roberts Group, on CTV's Canada AM this morning to answer viewer's mortgage related questions.

April 20, 2010.

RateSupermarket.ca's founder, Kelvin Mangaroo, spoke to Canada AM's Beverly Thomson this morning about rising mortgage rates and provided their "Rate Hike Action Plan" to help Canadian consumers find the best mortgage rates while rates are increasing.

April 12, 2010

GETTING PERSONAL CDA: Mortgage Rate Honeymoon Ending Soon. According to RatesSupermarket.ca, an independent rate-comparison Web site, fixed rates are bound to move higher during April.

April 8, 2010

Hypothèques : les taux fixes continueront de monter. Selon RateSupermarket.ca, le site Internet bilingue de comparaison des taux d'intérêt au Canada, les taux hypothécaires fixes subiront d'autres hausses d'ici la fin du mois.

April 8, 2010

Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for September 2010 are released. Our Panel of experts believe September will be very similar with a small possibility of further downward movement.

March 30, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's founder, Kelvin Mangaroo, appeared on CTV's Canada AM this morning to discuss yesterday's mortgage rate increases by RBC, TD and Laurentian Bank and what that means for Canadian consumers.

March 26, 2010

The Globe and Mail's Chaya Cooperberg featured RateSupermarket.ca in her Home Cents blog today entitled, "Shop around for your next mortgage".

March 24, 2010

The world of mortgages and insurance is simplified and demystified for Canadians due to the ingenuity of entrepreneur Kelvin Mangaroo. A search for the best lending or insurance rate, previously limited to local banks and brokers, is now a national pursuit on the comprehensive, comparison website called RateSupermarket.ca.

March 12, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca appeared in the Globe and Mail website in Rob Carrick's Personal Finance Reader column, "RateSupermarket.ca conducted a recent poll of 413 people and found that half renewed their mortgages without shopping around for a better rate. Is this loyalty, or laziness bordering on negligence?"

March 9, 2010

Lender Loyalty Could Cost Canadian Consumers Thousands. RateSupermarket.ca, is embarking on a campaign to educate Canadians that shopping around for the best mortgage rates at renewal time could save them thousands.

March 4, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca Nominated for Two CMP Awards. RateSupermarket.ca is pleased to announce that we’ve been nominated for 2 awards at this year’s prestigious 2010 CMP Canadian Mortgage Awards. The nominations were for the following categories: 2010 Best Internet Presence & Best (Mortgage) Industry Service Provider

March 1, 2010

Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for September 2010 are released. Our Panel of experts believe September will be very similar with a small possibility of further downward movement.

February 26, 2010

The Globe and Mail's Rob Carrick mentioned RateSupermarket.ca in his Personal Finance Reader today entitleed, "Tips for getting smarter about money and finance".

February 11, 2010

It Just Got Easier to Find the Lowest Car & Home Insurance Quotes. RateSupermarket.ca, Canada's one-stop-site to quickly and easily compare over 500 mortgage rates from the country's top lenders, has announced the launch of their latest insurance comparison tool.

February 4, 2010

The Mortgage Rate Outlook Panel results for February 2010 are released. Are Mortgage Rates Heading Lower in February 2010? RateSupermarket.ca's panel of financial gurus believe we could possibly see lower fixed mortgage rates and bigger variable rate discounts to prime.

January 7, 2010

RateSupermarket.ca's Expert Mortgage Panel Divided but Consensus Expects Rates to Remain Low in Early 2010. The Panel of financial gurus provide their Outlook for January - mortgage rates will stay put as we kick off 2010.