5/29/2023 | Posted in Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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The past two weeks have seen a flurry of mortgage rate increases at mortgage lenders, including several of the Big 6 banks. ... More

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  4/4/2020 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Canada’s biggest banks have received nearly half a million requests from homeowners to hold off mortgage payments as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic deepens, ... More

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  3/31/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Canada’s mortgage rates are creeping up even though the country’s central bank has slashed borrowing costs to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More

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  3/2/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Just a few days before the Bank of Canada’s March 4 meeting, the Monetary Policy Council of the C.D. Howe Institute called on the institution to lower its benchmark policy ... More

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  1/29/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Fixed rate mortgages could go on sale as fears of spreading coronavirus push bond yields down ... More

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  1/22/2020 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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The current lending rules in Canada are geared towards shorter-mortgage terms ... More

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  1/17/2020 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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The 2020s won’t be the decade to lock into a long-term fixed mortgage, according to RBC Economics. ... More

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  11/22/2019 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Ron Hyde
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Some fresh information on the status of the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FTHBI) and a possible increase on the $1M cap for insured ... More

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  10/21/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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The cost of living was higher across many products and services in September. ... More

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  10/10/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Canada’s outstanding mortgage credit load continues breaking records, reaching a new high of more than $1.59 trillion as of August, according to the country’s central ... More

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  9/19/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Great News for Canadians waiting for lower rates as the effects of shrinking global economy to hit Canada as well. ... More

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  7/28/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Strange Things: Canadians can now get a lower interest rate on a new mortgage by locking into a fixed rate, rather than opting for a variable rate. ... More

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  7/18/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Those renewing or about to renew their mortgages can breathe a sigh of relief: The era of higher interest rates appears to have been short-lived. ... More

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  7/17/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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An increasing number of homeowners turned to alternative lenders last year, while new mortgage growth reached its slowest pace in more than a quarter of a century amid government ... More

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  6/11/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Canadian mortgage rates have already tumbled in recent months and more discounts could be on the way for homebuyers, a according to a new forecast. ... More

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  6/11/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Canada’s top federal banking regulator says a stress-test for uninsured mortgages is “working,” but that it is still keeping an eye on lending practices. ... More

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  5/9/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz suggested that lenders should encourage mortgage products with longer terms as a means of distributing risk more evenly and insulating the ... More

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  5/6/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Goodbye, variable-rate mortgage. Everyone’s going fixed these days, and for good reason. ... More

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  3/15/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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The Bank of Canada will likely hold off raising interest rates through all of 2020, and could even cut rates later this year, according to TD Securities’ senior rates ... More

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  2/22/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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The B-20 mandated stress test is already outdated considering current market realities, according to a real estate firm head. ... More

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  2/6/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Canada’s banking regulator defended tougher mortgage underwriting rules blamed recently for a slump in the nation’s housing market, but left open the possibility that ... More

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  2/5/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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Residential mortgage growth rose 3.1 per cent to $1.55 trillion in December from a year earlier, the slowest pace since May 2001, and half the growth rate from two years ago, ... More

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  12/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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Just a few months ago economists were predicting that the Bank of Canada would take a bullish stance on interest rates following its talk of ‘normalization’ of the ... More

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  12/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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New B-20 rules have created an uneven playing field because stress tests don't apply to people renewing mortgages with their current lender ... More

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  12/6/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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If you’re shopping for a mortgage and believe what the bond market is telling us, it implies your odds of success with a fixed rate may have just changed. ... More

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  11/30/2018 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Ron Hyde
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The Bank of Canada should hold pat on interest rates until the spring according to The C.D. Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council. ... More

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  11/14/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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The bank says stress tests and higher interest rates have reduced the share of new high-leverage, insured loans to six per cent from 20 per cent in late 2016. ... More

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  11/6/2018 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Ron Hyde
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As Canadian mortgages come up for renewal, many households are starting to experience what TD Economics has dubbed a “completely new phenomenon” – higher ... More

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