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The best 5-year fixed mortgage rates in Canada + MORE Oct 8th

Mortgages The best 5-year fixed mortgage rates in Canada You’re 2 minutes away from getting the best mortgage rates in Canada. Just answer a few quick questions to get a personalized rate quote. I’m buying a home* .... More »
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Here’s how much a GST break could save first-time home buyers + MORE Jun 11th

The Liberal plan to give first-time home buyers a tax break on a newly built home could have substantial impacts on housing affordability—with a few caveats—a new analysis finds. The Liberal government introduced legislation on June 5 to eliminate the GST portion from new home sales of up to .... More »

Weekly mortgage digest: Which big banks just dropped fixed rates? + MORE Jul 11th

After a spike in bond yields last week prompted some mortgage lenders to increase certain rates, fixed mortgage rates are again trending downward..... More »

Canada’s inflation rate falls to 2.5%, paving way for another interest rate cut + MORE Aug 23rd

Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 2.5% last month, matching economists’ forecasts and solidifying expectations for a third consecutive interest rate cut in September. Tuesday’s consumer price index report says prices for travel tours, passenger vehicles and electricity helped drive the.... More »

The latest in mortgage news: OSFI unveils minor changes to insurer capital adequacy test + MORE Sep 29th

Canada's federal banking regulator unveiled revisions to its Mortgage Insurer Capital Adequacy Test for insured variable-rate mortgages..... More »
The Bank of Canada’s historic 100-bps rate hike last week has led to confusion over how the stress test should be applied to variable rate mortgage applications already in lender pipelines.

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