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First-time home buyer incentive announcement

EXCLUSIVE: CMHC to introduce limits on First-Time Home Buyer Incentive amid falling home prices (updated)

soft landing or crash for canada's housing market?

Soft landing or a crash: what lies ahead for Toronto’s housing market?

Have fixed mortgage rates peaked?

Have fixed mortgage rates peaked?

Worried about ficed mortgage rate hikes

Lenders hiking fixed mortgage rates again as bond yields hit a 13-year high

Latest News

What rising inflation means for Bank of Canada rate hikes

June 22, 2022

What the latest inflation data means for the upcoming Bank of Canada rate decision

Mortgage stress test impacting qualification amounts

June 20, 2022

How the mortgage stress test is impacting qualification amounts

The fixed vs. variable mortgage rate decision

June 19, 2022

Fixed vs. variable: How not to lose this mortgage guessing game.

Home prices continue to fall in June

June 15, 2022

Home prices fall again in May; down 13% from February’s peak

Innovation

Four Tips to Speed up Your Underwriting Process

Advertorial

Equitable Bank Acquires Concentra

Equitable Acquires Concentra Bank in $200M Deal

CMLS Launches New HELOC Product

Non-Bank Lender CMLS Launches a HELOC

Fundible launches

Newly Launched Fundible Allows Canadians to Buy Before Selling

Interest Rates

What rising inflation means for Bank of Canada rate hikes

What the latest inflation data means for the upcoming Bank of Canada rate decision

Tiff Macklem comments on the need to raise interest rates

The economy “needs” higher rates, says BoC’s Macklem

Worried about ficed mortgage rate hikes

Lenders hiking fixed mortgage rates again as bond yields hit a 13-year high

Bank of Canada rate hikes

Hawkish Bank of Canada announcement fuels future rate hike expectations

Mortgage Strategies

Mortgage stress test impacting qualification amounts

How the mortgage stress test is impacting qualification amounts

The fixed vs. variable mortgage rate decision

Fixed vs. variable: How not to lose this mortgage guessing game.

When home appraisals come up short

What Happens When Appraisal Values Come up Short?

Mortgage broker giving advice

10 Reasons Why Homebuyers May Not Qualify for the Best Rates

Business Development

Website audits for mortgage brokers

Attention Brokers: How Many of You are Doing Website Audits?

Google's local business search for mortgage brokers

How Mortgage Brokers Can Harness the Power of Local Search

how to market during the coronavirus crisis

How to Keep Marketing When Business Stops Moving

effective mortgage video marketing

Market Your Mortgage Business More Effectively in 2020

Government

CMHC mortgage insurance results

CMHC’s underwriting rule reversal helped drive insurance volumes in Q1

First-time home buyer incentive announcement

EXCLUSIVE: CMHC to introduce limits on First-Time Home Buyer Incentive amid falling home prices (updated)

OSFI Flags Underwriting Issues Related to Income Verification

Federal budget 2022

Reaction to the 2022 Budget Housing Initiatives

Bank of Canada

What rising inflation means for Bank of Canada rate hikes

What the latest inflation data means for the upcoming Bank of Canada rate decision

Tiff Macklem comments on the need to raise interest rates

The economy “needs” higher rates, says BoC’s Macklem

Bank of Canada rate hikes

Hawkish Bank of Canada announcement fuels future rate hike expectations

Rising mortgage rates

Bank of Canada widely expected to deliver another 50-bps rate hike this week

Real Estate

Home prices continue to fall in June

Home prices fall again in May; down 13% from February’s peak

Rent prices continue to rise

Rent prices up another 10% in May

Housing supply and its role in the affordability crisis

Is lack of supply still the biggest obstacle to housing affordability? This panel thinks so.

soft landing or crash for canada's housing market?

Soft landing or a crash: what lies ahead for Toronto’s housing market?

Earnings

Equitable Bank Q1 earnings

Equitable reports record earnings, sees reverse mortgages soar 262%

Home Capital earnings

Home Capital saw Q1 net income fall 18%, with more headwinds ahead

First National Sees Single-Family Originations Fall in Q1 as Market Slows, but Renewals Surge

National Bank of Canada Q1 earnings

Q1 Earnings Mortgage Morsels: National Bank of Canada