Mortgage volumes in the broker channel continued to grow in the fourth quarter. D+H data reportedly confirms that brokers did 12% more business in Q4, versus th... Read More...
Mark Squire, Manulife Bank
Manulife Bank keeps padding its leadership roster. And its latest signing should get it to the playoffs.
Former National Bank ... Read More...
Q1 bank earnings season came and went with less fanfare than usual, at least on the mortgage front.
Executives' mortgage commentary focused primar... Read More...
More than three months after the Minister of Finance’s surprise unilateral blow to mortgage competition, the mortgage industry keeps fighting back.
"There’s ... Read More...
About a third (34%) of millennials (Canadians born in the 80s and 90s) are homeowners, finds a new HSBC survey.
Of those who don't own, 82% plan to buy in t... Read More...
Below is the second and last instalment of our commentary on the February 13th testimony to Parliament by CMHC's CEO. (See part I here)
In that hearing, Evan... Read More...
For the first time in forever, D+H has a major threat to its mortgage software dominance.
Newton Connectivity Systems—the old Marlborough Stirling Canada, and ... Read More...
If you thought Parliament's hearings on the new mortgage rules was boring, you missed last week's exchange between MP Ron Liepert and CMHC head, Evan Siddall.
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When it comes to the total mortgages arranged in Canada each year (by all lenders), definitive data isn't easy to find. So we have to rely on estimates.
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MPs are questioning why the Liberal government took liquidity out of the refinance market, and Dan Albas is one of the most vocal.
In the House of Commons ye... Read More...
Robert McLister is one of Canada’s best-known mortgage experts, a mortgage columnist for The Globe and Mail, Founder of intelliMortgage Inc. and RateSpy.com.
