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How your rent payments can help build your credit history + MORE Oct 4th
Paying rent, much like a mortgage, can often be a person’s biggest monthly expense. Yet, there hasn’t historically been a way for renters to get credit for making these large payments on-time like homeowners. New rent-reporting platforms are aiming to change that. These platforms act as.... More »
Opinion: Think twice before handing your mortgage to a bank adviser + MORE Oct 7th
Every now and then, something happens in this business that really drives home an important lesson, and this time, it’s about how trusting the wrong person with your mortgage file can cost you a great deal..... More »
Rising delinquencies test resilience of Canada’s mid-size lenders Oct 28th
Morningstar DBRS says mortgage delinquencies are climbing at Fairstone and Equitable while Laurentian remains resilient..... More »
Financial infidelity hurts, but there are ways to get past it + MORE Oct 22nd
The down payment for your home purchase is topped up, and it’s finally the day you and your partner meet with a mortgage adviser. But something isn’t clicking. When the adviser runs a credit check, your joint report comes back in shambles with unexpected outstanding debt. The adviser ca.... More »
OSFI clarifies capital treatment of income-producing residential real estate
– canadianmortgagetrends.com
Regulator confirms banks must avoid double-counting borrower income when classifying investment-oriented mortgagesThe $13 Billion Question: Will Ottawa’s “Build Canada Homes” Fix Our Broken Housing Market, or Just Build More Problems?
– canadamortgagenews.ca
Another week, another blockbuster announcement from Ottawa aimed at solving our national housing crisis. This time, it’s a shiny new federal agency dubbed “Build Canada Homes,” launched with a cool $13 billion of your money. The promise? To slice through the red tape, leverage public lands, and finally start building the affordable homes that Canadians are so desperately crying out for. On the surface, it sounds like the cavalry cresting the hill. But as anyone who’s been in the real estate and mortgage game as long as I have knows, the devil is always in the details. And in this case, the details are as sparse as a downtown Toronto parking spot.
So, let’s peel back the layers of this government onion and see if it brings tears of joy or sorrow. What is this program really going to do?
THE GRAND PLAN: PUBLIC LANDS, PREFAB HOMES, AND A WHOLE LOT OF HOPE
The core idea behind Build Canada Homes is for the federal government to become a master developer. They’re planning to use vast swaths of public land – we’re talking about 88 federal properties spanning 463 hectares, roughly the size of downtown Ottawa – to build everything from high-rise apartments to single-family homes…
