Mortgages & Rates

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

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says annual pace of housing starts slowed in October

David Singh convicted of defrauding mortgage firm investors

Mortgage rundown: Will the Bank of Canada hike rates before the Fed?

How to fine-tune your finances for a mortgage

We are heading into the most challenging period to own a home since the interest rate surge of the early 1980s

What’s the risk of you choosing the wrong mortgage rate?

Inflation fears? Ottawa should bring back Canada Savings Bonds and reward consumers who conserve cash

The Bank of Canada has just given mortgage shoppers a strong reason to lock in a rate

Parents gave their adult kids more than $10-billion to buy houses in the past year

This ‘Rule of 30′ may help young adults juggle home ownership and retirement saving – but will it work with today’s mega-mortgages?

Amid bidding wars, buyers are omitting home inspections. Here’s why that’s dangerous

These numbers show how the wealth of your parents is a deal-breaker for first-time home buyers

Mortgage rundown: Inflation is a bigger risk than the Bank of Canada thought. Why mortgage shoppers should care

Why variable-rate mortgages rule in the pandemic housing market – and maybe afterward, too

The debate over buying a home versus renting is done – renting lost and it was never close