Innovation Archives - Mortgage Rates & Mortgage Broker News in Canada

December 21, 2010

2011 Should Be a Good Year For ResMor

If we had to guess which lenders will make the most headway in 2011, ResMor Trust would be near the...

March 12, 2014

A New Option for Rental Financing: Street Capital

Financing a rental property has become tougher and tougher in recent years. So any time a new rental lender comes...

May 7, 2009

A Variable Alternative

Most variable-rate mortgages are still at prime + 0.60% to prime + 0.80%. That rate premium is part of the...

August 22, 2016

A Virtual Support Team for Brokers

The broker business is paperwork intensive, to put it mildly. You’ve got lender approvals, provincial disclosures, service agreements, client income...

October 22, 2009

AGF Trust’s New Simple Mortgage

After years of serving the alternative lending market, AGF Trust has charged into the high-ratio insured mortgage business–with the launch...

April 4, 2017

Alterna Bank’s Fully Digital Mortgage

You can’t get a mortgage without talking to someone. Online mortgages are an invitation for fraud. You can’t assess mortgage suitability...

March 7, 2011

Argentum Adds Private Label Mortgage

Argentum Mortgage and Finance Corp. has launched a new white label mortgage. The product is underwritten by Paradigm Quest and...

July 24, 2014

B2B’s “Business for Self Expanded” Mortgage

Remember the “good old days” when self-employed borrowers could readily obtain stated income mortgages to 80% loan-to-value? It could take...

March 2, 2010

BMO’s Drops The Gauntlet With Its 5-Year “Low Rate” Mortgage

It’s rare to see a big bank undercut its mortgage competitors so publicly. Most of the time they do it...

November 5, 2010

Buyer Protection Plan

Realtor referrals can be a valuable chunk of business for mortgage professionals. But cultivating new relationships with Realtors is a...

CV Writings

Majority of aspiring homeowners awaiting rate cuts before buying: BMO survey

Canada’s latest GDP figures may prompt Bank of Canada summer rate cut: Economists

Bank of Canada could be underestimating its inflation progress, says National Bank

Interest rates expected to fall to 3.00% by end of 2024

Home prices won’t revert to pre-pandemic levels, should start rising again in 2024: CMHC

Bank of Canada concerned inflation could remain “stuck” above 2%

The mortgage stress test has helped protect Canada’s housing market in this downturn: OSFI

Bank of Canada watching trend of longer amortization periods among borrowers

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