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Scotiabank not worried about its floating-rate portfolio Jun 28th
With variable rates rising by the month—and more hikes anticipated—observers are keeping a careful watch on adjustable-rate mortgages..... More »
Mortgage penalty calculator + MORE Jan 22nd
If you have a closed mortgage and decide to break your mortgage contract before the agreed-upon term has expired, you’ll likely have to pay a prepayment penalty fee. A mortgage penalty calculator can help you figure out exactly how much those fees will be and will make it easier to know whethe.... More »
Low Rates Helping Borrowers Pay Off Mortgages at Record Pace Jun 25th
Home prices may be astronomical in certain parts of the country, but historically low mortgage rates are allowing borrowers pay off their mortgages faster than ever..... More »
How the Bank of Canada’s interest rate works—and why it’s rising + MORE Apr 13th
The Bank of Canada has raised its policy interest rate by half a percentage point for the first time in decades, a move intended to slow runaway inflation. The rate hike brings the Bank’s policy interest rate, also known as the overnight rate, up to 1% from the previous 0.5%.
It’s the s.... More »
Construction Mortgages: What They Are and How to Get One + MORE Apr 24th
Needless to say, building your dream home involves a lot more work as opposed to buying a ready-build – it’s more than just drawing floor plans and picking out counter finishes. Buying a piece of land and constructing your own home from scratch also requires you to get a different type of mortg.... More »
Housing slump? Recession? Not so fast…
– canadamortgagenews.ca
Remember all those pessimists who were calling for a housing bubble or collapse?
If you listened to them and rented for the past eight years, how much would you have lost? How much would your rent have increased since then? And would you still be able to rent that condo or house… or would your landlord possibly have plans to sell it and leave you out in the cold?
We used to expect an economic slowdown or recession every five years. But something happened after the last big recession in 1990. Since then, there has really only been one recession: in 2009.
This came off the heels of the infamous US subprime mortgage crisis that crippled most of the world’s economies for years. Yet, in Canada, we got off relatively easy. Our slowdown lasted less than a year.
Some want to give credit to our strong banking system or strict government regulations. But the truth is, we are – and have always been – around five years behind the US. The truth is, we only started to try out those subprime mortgages when the sky fell on the global financial markets in 2009…
