Mortgages & Rates

Hot housing market adds undue financial stress to divorcing parents

How will Canadian mortgage rates react to Putin’s war, nuclear threats and oil shock?

Mortgage rundown: The prime rate has started climbing. Where it stops, no one knows

A realist’s guide to winners and losers in the wave of interest rate hikes that just began

How the Bank of Canada rate hike will affect your mortgage

Mortgage Rundown: The countdown begins to rising variable rates

Five signs Canada’s housing market is completely bonkers

Mortgage Rundown: Should you wager on a seven-year fixed term?

For those about to buy a house, we salute you

Mortgage shopping? Why the best advice might not come from a traditional mortgage broker

Mortgages 101: What’s a mortgage and how to choose between fixed and variable rates in Canada?

Variable mortgage rates have historically saved home owners money. But will they keep doing so?

How a former lawyer took a chance and built a $4-billion mortgage lender

Mortgage rundown: Variable-rate borrowers get a short reprieve

How to ace your mortgage decisions

Mortgage Rundown: Warning signs that you picked the wrong broker. Plus, both fixed and variable rates are on the rise

China cuts mortgage lending rates, steps up monetary stimulus to boost economy

Finally, an open mortgage with a stellar rate and no strings

Mortgage rundown: 2022 is go time for rate hikes. This quick-and-dirty playbook will help you pick the best term

Mortgage Rundown: The sad reality is that record-low rates did little to help young Canadians afford a new home

Four mortgage predictions for 2022

Their rent doubled since the pandemic - how will they save for a house down payment?

Did OSFI make the right call on the mortgage stress test?

Canada’s bank regulator keeps mortgage stress test unchanged despite spiking home prices, rising household debt

Mortgage Rundown: How Omicron has shifted the outlook for variable rates

Your preference when arranging a mortgage – having your hand held by a nice banker or the lowest possible rate?

Mortgage Rundown: Market versus Bank of Canada – who will prove right on rates?

A home buyer’s guide to managing the cost of improvements to fight climate change

CIBC to pay $125-million to settle investor lawsuit over disclosure of U.S. subprime mortgage exposure

Mortgage Rundown: Little-known tricks to get a better deal when switching lenders. Plus, new all-time lows for variable rates

Private mortgage lending viable alternative to banks

How worried should recent home buyers be about their mortgage renewal in five years?

Mortgage rundown: Higher interest rates will bring lower interest rates

Canadians piled on debt to fund pandemic renos. With interest rate hikes ahead, that debt will get pricier

Mortgage Rundown: Why variable rates won’t wait for the Bank of Canada to start increasing

Seven stats to amaze and depress all who own a house or hope to own