The Liberal Party's promise to tweak the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive—just 10 days after it was launched—is being viewed by many as nothing more than an elec... Read More...
The second quarter proved a good one for the country’s key broker channel lenders.
Mortgage originations were mostly up across the board. One notable excepti... Read More...
Those dreaming of homeownership face a long list of obstacles: high prices, low supply and ever-changing mortgage rules and qualification requirements, to name ... Read More...
The Bank of Canada left its key interest rate unchanged today, as expected. But it's accompanying statement had a more neutral than dovish tone than some observ... Read More...
Five months ago the Liberal government unveiled the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive, a new initiative aimed at easing affordability for first-time homebuyers.
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Tens of Thousands of Empty Homes in Canadian Cities
There's an empty house problem in this country—1.34 million empty and temporarily occupied homes to be exac... Read More...
Vancouver-based Lendesk Technologies added a new property to its growing portfolio this week with the acquisition of LenderSpotlight.
The "marriage" between ... Read More...
New data shows the country's youngest buyers are being affected most by the government's mortgage stress tests.
Mortgage originations were down 8.9% overall ... Read More...
The big news of the week was the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut, the first one since the financial crisis more than 10 years ago.
Despite a strong domes... Read More...
South of the border, the Federal Reserve is almost certain to cut interest rates tomorrow for the first time since the financial crisis a decade ago, according ... Read More...
Steve Huebl is a graduate of Ryerson University's School of Journalism and has been with Canadian Mortgage Trends and reporting on the mortgage industry since 2009. His past work experience includes The Toronto Star, The Calgary Herald, the Sarnia Observer and Canadian Economic Press. Born and raised in Toronto, he now calls Montreal home.
