Price surge fuels Canadians’ optimism about housing market to highest since before financial crisis – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Canadians are the most optimistic about the country’s real estate market in a more than six years as prices reignite. Secret path revealed for China billions buying pricey homes in Vancouver, N.Y., Sydney Allegations of Bank of China money-laundering has uncovered a scheme to sidestep currency restrictions that is fuelling property booms in Canada, U.S. […]

Ratings agency Fitch says Canadian houses overpriced even as gains slow down – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Chicago-based credit agency Fitch Ratings says Canadian housing is still overvalued by 20% and called for additional steps to cool the market. The company’s statement comes as new data appears to show house price gains are slowing on a national basis despite the fact there are still cities that continue to show price growth. The […]

Calgary’s energy boom is fuelling record surge in luxury home sales – ask a Vancouver mortgage broker

Sotheby’s International RealtyThe estate, once owned by the Ford family of Henry Ford heritage, listed for $37.9-million, with views of the Rocky Mountains, comes with four fireplaces, $1 million in mouldings and two garages for six cars. Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Email Comments More Larry Lindholm made his fortune in Calgary’s booming energy industry, building and […]

Can you afford a home in these cities? – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Housing affordability is a national disaster that begs further investigation. The average national resale home price in May: $416,584. The annual gross income needed to afford that price based on a 5-per-cent down payment and a five-year mortgage: $89,363. The estimated median family employment income: $68,692. In that $20,671 shortfall is the considerably, but not […]

Household debt worries ease as pace of mortgage borrowing slows in May: study – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Royal Bank says Canadians have been slowing down the amount of debt they are taking on to buy real estate, easing concerns about household vulnerability. The RBC paper notes that overall household debt accumulation remained flat-lined at 4.2 per cent growth in May, about the same level as the previous three months. Outstanding mortgage debt […]

Even economists say they continue to be surprised by Canada’s housing market – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Record low interest rates have have forced Toronto-Dominion Bank to boost its forecast for the Canadian housing sector. 5 questions to help you decide whether to rent or buy a home Economist Diana Petramala said in an economic report that TD’s forecast in January was banking on an increase in interest rates that has not […]

Canada building permits spike 13.8% in May – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says municipalities issued building permits worth $6.9 billion in May, up 13.8% from April. The agency says the increase in May resulted primarily from higher construction intentions for commercial buildings in Ontario and Manitoba, as well as multi-family dwellings in British Columbia. It says the total value of permits has been […]

China’s shadow banking system could bring down the world’s hottest property markets – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Chinese investors are major players in the international real estate markets. The country’s outbound property investment totaled US$2.1 billion in Q1 2014, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. And now there are concerns about the quality of the loans that have fed into international property markets. “Will China’s capital flight fuel property bubbles overseas or cause […]

Credit unions: A cheaper, under-the-radar mortgage option – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

When you last shopped for a mortgage, did you consult with a credit union? If you’re like more than four out of five recent home buyers, you didn’t. Most mortgage shoppers overlook credit unions (CUs) because they think the rates aren’t good enough, or CUs aren’t convenient enough, or that they’ll save more by consolidating banking at […]

Don’t get complacent about risks of housing downturn, OSFI warns lenders and insurers – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Canada’s top banking regulator is urging mortgage lenders and insurers not to grow complacent despite healthy bank capital levels and predictions of a soft landing in the housing market. 5 questions to help you decide whether to rent or buy a home In a speech at a C.D. Howe Institute housing conference on Thursday, Mark […]

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