The interest rate up and third Bank of Canada rate hike this year could shut more first-time buyers out of the Toronto region’s housing market. It will increase hundreds of dollars to some homeowners’ challenge mortgage payments. More first-time buyers may not qualify for mortgage. The central bank has raised its key lending […]
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CMHC elevates red flag about housing, warns of Toronto, Vancouver price spillover
In toronto real estate, the head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the government of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability fears have spilled over from the country’s two most expensive cities to nearby markets. In an opinion piece written Monday in the Globe and Mail, CMHC CEO Evan […]
New mortgage stress test rules kick in
In toronto real estate, new rules aimed at stimulating it harder to get a mortgage take effect today, October 17, 2016, a move that is bound to have an impact on demand for homes in Canada. Earlier this month, Ottawa announced the moves, which boil down to a stress test for all insured mortgage […]
Canada tightens mortgage market rules, and some buyers will not be qualified
One of Canada’s largest mortgage default insurers says about one third of its consumers would have problems meeting the new required debt service ratios unveiled by Ottawa Monday and could ultimately be forced into lower priced houses. Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled plans that would force all insured borrowers to qualify for loans […]
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide 1. Start with your credit. Credit reports are kept by the three major credit agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. They show whether you are habitually late with payments and whether you have run into serious credit problems in the past. A credit score is a number calculated […]
