{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63fe5c073fb3190010f17a70/6410d73f66223d00111017ed?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode #4 Big Emotions, Big Commitments: Mortgages","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63fe5c073fb3190010f17a70/1677791799422-3103e3eaf7b42b706eb9a05103d441d2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Buying a home has never felt so fraught. Can you even afford a home, to buy <strong>and then also</strong> maintain? But if you don’t become a homeowner, are you ever really an adult?!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Homeownership is becoming more and more about our financial portfolio and a status marker than an actual place to live and grow. How do we get into the housing market - and does it even make sound financial sense to do it?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Guests:</p><ol><li>Melanie Rousseau, mortgage agent and Founder of Money Mama. </li><li>Bridget Casey, investment expert and columnist for the Globe and Mail. </li><li>Jenn Betts, CEO of Calgary and Edmonton Institutes of Counselling. </li></ol><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>This podcast represents the views and opinions of the participants of Open Money™ and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Servus Credit Union®.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Servus Credit Union"}