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More Canadians Living Single: Ways They Are Actually Saving Money + MORE Oct 13th
More Canadians are living the single life, recent Statistics Canada census data shows. Out of the 14.1 million households recorded in Canada in 2016, about 29 per cent declared themselves to be one-person households (the highest since Confederation in 1867). This is due in part to changes in inco.... More »
Moving this summer? Don’t overlook these costs Jun 20th
There’s more to a real estate transaction than a mortgage..... More »
Rate hikes, food inflation, mortgage costs: How to get through the cost of living crisis + MORE Jul 18th
No matter the state of your finances, avoiding your fears is not the way forward, experts say. Focus on what you can control..... More »
Q2 2018 Bank Earnings – Mortgage Morsels Jun 8th
The majority of Canada’s Big Six banks beat expectations for second-quarter earnings, despite slowing real estate activity and tighter lending rules for uninsured mortgages. Both RBC and Scotiabank posted 6% year-over-year increases in their residential mortgage portfolios, although the other .... More »
MIC Trade Show Goes Virtual Jan 16th
Despite a nearly 50-year history in Canada, Mortgage Investment Corporations—or MICS—still remain relatively unknown among many brokers and borrowers alike. But for the past several years, Mortgage Professionals Canada and the Ontario Mortgage Investment Companies Association (ONMICA) have partn.... More »
External Factors a Wild Card in GTA Housing Market Forecast
– canadianmortgagetrends.com
Among external factors that affect housing markets, two are by far the most important and both are more or less directly controlled by the federal government. The first is policy regulation that defines the rules and parameters under which mortgage loans can be originated. The second is the interest rates set by the Bank of […]
