12/17/2024 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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It was billed as a potential looming crisis for Canada’s economy: the wave of mortgages coming up for renewal in 2025 and 2026 at significantly higher rates than those on ... More

11/25/2024 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Effective Thursday, uninsured bank borrowers no longer need to show they can afford a higher rate when switching lenders.
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11/23/2023 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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High interest rates have applied the brakes to Canada’s mortgage market, which saw growth slow to a 22-year low in September.
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11/9/2023 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Residential mortgage debt in Canada totalled $2.14 trillion as of August this year, up by 3.4% compared with the same month in 2022 as the value of uninsured mortgages ... More

6/13/2023 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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Could the prospect of persistently high rates spell trouble for the market’s stability?
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3/28/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Housing Market by Becky Lu-Do
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Canada’s largest banks are fielding a deluge of requests to defer payments on mortgages as businesses suffer from efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and ... More

10/10/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Canada’s outstanding mortgage credit load continues breaking records, reaching a new high of more than $1.59 trillion as of August, according to the country’s ... More

9/16/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Some millennials believe it is justifiable to lie on a mortgage application, according to a new Equifax Canada survey on mortgage fraud.
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9/6/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Canada's mortgage market has been turned upside down, and it's giving borrowers an uncommon advantage, a new report suggests.
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7/28/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Strange Things: Canadians can now get a lower interest rate on a new mortgage by locking into a fixed rate, rather than opting for a variable rate.
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7/18/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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Those renewing or about to renew their mortgages can breathe a sigh of relief: The era of higher interest rates appears to have been short-lived.
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7/17/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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An increasing number of homeowners turned to alternative lenders last year, while new mortgage growth reached its slowest pace in more than a quarter of a century amid ... More

6/17/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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The Canadian mortgage market continues to suffer from the impact of lower home sales in major markets as the stress tests weaken homebuyers’ abilities.
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6/11/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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Canadian mortgage rates have already tumbled in recent months and more discounts could be on the way for homebuyers, a according to a new forecast.
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5/9/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz suggested that lenders should encourage mortgage products with longer terms as a means of distributing risk more evenly and insulating the ... More

5/6/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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Goodbye, variable-rate mortgage. Everyone’s going fixed these days, and for good reason.
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3/12/2019 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Becky Lu-Do
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Here are four record-breaking phenomena that suggest we have reached a real turning point in Canadian real estate.
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2/5/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Residential mortgage growth rose 3.1 per cent to $1.55 trillion in December from a year earlier, the slowest pace since May 2001, and half the growth rate from two years ago, ... More

12/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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New B-20 rules have created an uneven playing field because stress tests don't apply to people renewing mortgages with their current lender
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12/6/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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If you’re shopping for a mortgage and believe what the bond market is telling us, it implies your odds of success with a fixed rate may have just changed.
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11/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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The bank says stress tests and higher interest rates have reduced the share of new high-leverage, insured loans to six per cent from 20 per cent in late 2016.
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11/5/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Updated numbers from the Bank of Canada showed that the balance of insured mortgage debt suffered its largest decline in history.
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10/5/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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Homeowners could be facing two interest rate rises in the coming months according to an updated forecast by CIBC.
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9/20/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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With new mortgage rules and higher interest rates putting the squeeze on Canadian homebuyers, some have found a new approach: Get the parents (or grandparents) to bankroll your ... More

9/13/2018 | Posted in Real Estate News by Becky Lu-Do
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Canada’s mortgage industry saw slowing growth in the second quarter of 2018 as stress tests and rising interest rates made an impact.
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8/15/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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There was a slight decline in the volume of new mortgage loans in 2017 according to an analysis of consumer credit data from CMHC.
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6/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Becky Lu-Do
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Mortgage borrowing fell $2 billion to $13.7 billion in the first quarter of this year, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2014 according to Statistics Canada ... More

5/28/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Becky Lu-Do
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Canada’s big banks are locked in a competitive pricing war over variable-rate mortgages, but economic trends point to more interest rate hikes ahead — leaving ... More

5/16/2018 | Posted in Home Buyers by Becky Lu-Do
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First-time home buyers already struggling with more stringent mortgage rules have been dealt another blow by an increase this week in the Bank of Canada’s five-year ... More


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