Recently, the Bank of Canada released its semi-annual Financial Systems Review (PDF document), which identifies some of the major risks that...
Following Ottawa’s landscape-changing insurance rules last fall, the Department of Finance has raised little concern about the prime uninsured mortgage market, at least publicly. Nor should...
Canada’s banking regulator today unveiled the final changes to its mortgage underwriting standards—Guideline B-20—that will further tighten lending standards and...
It can be a chore to stay on top of the latest mortgage news these days, particularly given the barrage...
CMHC head Evan Siddall made a comment last fall that has credit unions worried. “CMHC will be seeking data from securitization...
Mortgage rule changes and increasing interest rates—surprisingly—weren’t the top motivators for prospective homebuyers in 2017, according to a new survey...
While the B.C. government may have been hoping appeal to a public exasperated by unaffordable housing with its housing plan...
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) blames the mortgage stress test introduced in January for slow activity across the nation...
“Responsible governments rely on sound data to make their decisions.” “We will release to the public key information that informs...
OSFI is tightening mortgage lending again. But this time, it’ll be less impactful for consumers. The banking regulator issued its...
