Sands & Associates Releases Fourth Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
Mar 21, 2016
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – March 21, 2016 Sands & Associates, BC’s largest firm of Credit Counsellors and Licensed Insolvency Trustees released results of their fourth annual BC Consumer Debt Study today. The 2016 BC Consumer Debt Study...Read more
Blair Mantin shares Debt Solutions on CTV Morning Live
Feb 10, 2016
Sands & Associates Vice-President and Licensed Insolvency Trustee, Blair Mantin appeared recently on Vancouver’s CTV Morning Live segment to share insights into solutions BC residents have available to them, in the event they find themselves facing...Read more
CTV Morning Live – Ask an Expert: “Tackling Student Loans”
Nov 9, 2015
Sands & Associates Vice-President and licensed Trustee Blair Mantin appeared on today’s CTV Morning Live segment “Ask an Expert”. Today’s segment looked at how students can tackle their student loans. Recent studies have shown that students may...Read more
CTV Morning Live – Ask an Expert: “Credit Scores – 101”
Oct 14, 2015
Sands & Associates Vice-President and licensed Trustee Blair Mantin appeared on today’s CTV Morning Live segment “Ask an Expert”. Today’s episode explores credit scores, and how they can be improved. Mistaking American credit laws for our own...Read more
CTV Morning Live – Ask an Expert: “What is a Consumer Proposal?”
Sep 28, 2015
Sands & Associates Vice-President and licensed Trustee Blair Mantin will be appearing on today’s CTV Morning Live segment “Ask an Expert”. Today’s segment focuses on the number one alternative to bankruptcy in Canada, a Consumer Proposal. A...Read more
CTV Morning Live – Ask an Expert: “What is Bankruptcy?”
Sep 14, 2015
Sands & Associates Vice-President and licensed Trustee Blair Mantin appeared on today’s CTV Morning Live segment “Ask an Expert”. An often misunderstood process, today’s episode asks: “What is bankruptcy?” Watch the clip here, and read more...Read more
Joe Debtor: 2015 Study Findings
May 11, 2015
Ontario Trustees Hoyes Michalos recently released their 2015 “Joe Debtor” study, exposing concerning trends for those financially at-risk and examining why and how Canadians face economic distress. Some encouraging figures emerged from the 2015 Joe...Read more
Sands & Associates Releases Third Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
Mar 16, 2015
Sands & Associates, BC’s largest firm of licensed Credit Counsellors, Proposal Administrators and Trustees in Bankruptcy released results of their third annual BC Consumer Debt Study today, specifically focused on markets throughout Vancouver and the...Read more
Blair Mantin shares Budget Basics with Vancouver’s Breakfast Television
Jan 6, 2015
Sands & Associates’ Vice-President and Bankruptcy Trustee Blair Mantin appeared on Vancouver’s Breakfast Television to share tips on how viewers can create and maintain a successful budget. Watch here: Why is a budget important? Less than half...Read more
Blair Mantin guest on “Debt Free in 30” Radio Show and Podcast
Oct 27, 2014
Sands & Associates Vice-President and licensed trustee Blair Mantin recently spoke with Debt Free in 30 host Doug Hoyes about American-based debt settlement companies, and their impact on Canadians. While debt settlement companies have received media...Read more
Statute of Limitations and Debts in BC
Jul 21, 2014
A group of debt experts from across the country including Blair Mantin, President and Licensed Insolvency Trustee at Sands & Associates in British Columbia, spoke with CanadaCreditCards.com to help shed light on the varying limitation periods of consumer...Read more
Love, Marriage & Debt: Poll Results
Feb 17, 2014
Now that Valentine’s Day has passed and the love hangover known as reality has begun to set in, it may just be the ideal time to take a look at the role debt plays in our relationship. Ontario Trustees and Proposal Administrators, Hoyes Michalos &...Read more
Sands & Associates Releases Second Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
Jan 19, 2014
Sands & Associates, BC's largest firm of licensed Trustees in bankruptcy and consumer proposal administrators, today released results of a study offering insight into BC’s soaring consumer debt levels. As part of the second annual BC Consumer Debt...Read more
Sands & Associates Conducts First B.C. Student Finances Study
Oct 25, 2013
Study results show that B.C. University students lack financial life skills and knowledge Vancouver, B.C. (October 28, 2013) -- Sands & Associates, B.C.'s Largest Firm of Licensed Trustees and Administrators of Consumer Proposals announced today, the...Read more
Personal Bankruptcy Rates Drop in BC as Consumer Proposal Filings Continue to Rise
May 29, 2013
Sands & Associates, BC's largest firm of licensed trustees in bankruptcy and administrators of consumer proposals, has compiled region specific numbers from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, indicating insolvency rates from seventeen major...Read more
Sands & Associates Releases First Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
Nov 5, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 5th, 2012 (Vancouver, B.C.) – Sands & Associates, B.C.’s largest firm of licensed trustees and proposal administrators announces the results of its first annual BC Consumer Debt Study, profiling trends and key...Read more
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