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Commissions and bonuses are averaged over two years. What to provide so a lender counts them on a Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine file.
What matters is whether the income is declared and steady. A lender that wants two years of history will turn down a file another accepts on a twelve-month average. Undeclared income counts nowhere, whatever the amount.
Two years of notices of assessment, still the one proof a lender accepts without argument. Add your employment or commission statements for the period and, if your income follows the seasons, something that shows a full year and not just your best months.
Two years of notices of assessment, recent pay stubs and an employment letter. The lender goes by what your tax records show, not by what lands in your account. Income that shows up nowhere doesn’t count toward a purchase in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
The lender picks the period: current-year income, a two-year average, or an employment confirmation. It depends on how you’re paid.
Notices of assessment, tax returns, financial statements, pay stubs, deposit records: gather them before you make an offer. A short financing condition only works if the file is ready, because the delay nearly always comes from someone who hasn’t sent their document.
Most lenders average commission and bonus income over two years. One great year doesn’t stand alone. The consistency across the period sets the amount.
To prepare
Yes. It all runs by phone, email or video call, and documents go through online. We can meet in person, but most files get settled without anyone having to travel.
It gets averaged, over one or two years depending on the lender, from what is declared. A good month counts no more than a bad one, and income missing from your notices of assessment does not count at all.
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Buying, renewing, refinancing, or something a bit out of the ordinary: tell us where you’re at, even if it’s still fuzzy. Mathieu gets back to you with next steps and the documents to pull together.