Mortgages in Canada can be a murky subject – one that we hope to shed some light on with a series of highly informational articles.
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Housing slump? Recession? Not so fast… Nov 24th
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 you.... More »
IMF Cautions Against Relaxing Mortgage Rules, Says Market Still Heated in Canada + MORE May 24th
The housing market remains the biggest threat to Canada’s economic health. That is according to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published this week after an official visit to Canada.
They are responding to calls by several real estate boards in Canada to ease the new B-20 stres.... More »
Half of Canadians Would Rather Renovate than Relocate Mar 24th
A recent RateSupermarket.ca survey revealed over half of Canadians would choose to renovate their current home, instead of moving to a new home, if they had a budget of $50,000.
With the current high-interest-rate environment and introduction of stricter mortgage regulations, there has been great f.... More »
National Bank says its consumers remain “resilient” with $1 billion worth of excess liquidity Oct 2nd
National Bank reports that its mortgage clients have been resilient in the face of sharply higher interest rates, thanks in part to high levels of liquidity..... More »
How much do you save with bi-weekly payments? + MORE Feb 7th
For years, we’ve been told to pay our mortgage bi-weekly. Magically, it will pay your mortgage off faster. Hmm, let’s put that to the test.
(SPOILER ALERT!) Around 10 years ago, I wrote an article showing some simple but effective math to explain this. I’m constantly getting e.... More »
Insurance Premiums May Rise in 2019
– canadianmortgagetrends.com
OSFI is tightening mortgage lending again. But this time, it’ll be less impactful for consumers. The banking regulator issued its final Mortgage Insurer Capital Adequacy Test (MICAT) guideline last week. MICAT is the “framework for assessing the capital adequacy of mortgage insurance companies,” OSFI says, and it takes effect January 1, 2019. According to National […]
