Survey focuses on two generations of buyers – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

By Jean Sorensen The millennials (known also as the children of baby boomers born between 1972-1992) and the post Second World War baby boomers (born 1946-1965) are making the greatest impact on the real estate industry today. “Both the boomers and the millennials want move-in ready homes,” says Century 21 Real Estate Canada president Don […]

Why no rate hike means variable mortgages are safe again – Ask a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Garry Marr | More from Garry Marr | @DustyWallet A signal from the Bank of Canada that it is not raising its key lending rate any time soon, coupled with the likelihood of falling mortgage rates, could be enough to keep the latest housing rally going. Bank of Canada drops rate guidance, lowers growth forecast There’s been a sea […]

CMHC offering tailored outlooks for various Canadian markets – Mortgage Broker, Vancouver

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is offering a number of housing outlook conferences in various Canadian cities; each offering a useful and practical information session that will help brokers understand trends unique to each market. “CMHC’s Housing Outlook Conferences offer access to timely, reliable and unbiased information,” Sam Carnovale, CMHC Key Account Manager, Brokers […]

Bank of Canada drops rate guidance, lowers growth forecast

OTTAWA — There has been a sea change at the Bank of Canada. No longer are policymakers setting a specific monetary course for interest rates. Instead, for the first time in 18 months, they have dropped any reference to borrowing costs eventually rising — adopting a neutral position and waiting to see which way economic […]

Where to buy now- We tell you exactly which neighbourhoods are set to skyrocket in value.

“Double, double, toil and trouble.” Written over 400 years ago by the Bard, this phrase from Shakespeare’s infamously dark play, Macbeth, could just as easily describe Canada’s real estate market in recent years. On one side, there are international economists—and their much publicized reports—declaring the market to be overvalued and due for a sudden, corrective […]

A money pit on wheels: The real cost of owning a car – Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

A money pit on wheels: The real cost of owning a car ROB CARRICK– The Globe and Mail Cars are a problem in personal finance, but they’ve been getting a free ride. The surge in home sales in recent years and its impact on family finances has received non-stop attention in the past couple of years. […]

A Side Effect of Rate Warnings – Consult with Adil Virani, Vancouver Mortgage Broker

“The longer it (low interest rates) goes on, the more people can start to think this is normal and it’s not normal; it’s very, very far from normal.”— Julie Dickson, OSFI Superintendent, Sept. 23, 2013 via MortgageBrokerNews.ca When people hear an authority—like the head of Canada’s banking regulator—make these statements, it compels many to lock in […]

Think living in suburbia’s cheaper? Think again – Consult with Adil Virani, Vancouver Mortgage Broker

ROB CARRICK – The Globe and Mail There’s no refuge in the suburbs from Canada’s housing affordability problem. You can buy a house for less money in the suburbs than you can in a big city, but the cost of commuting may kill almost all your savings. Some number-crunching by a public-spirited mortgage broker in the Toronto […]

U.S. and Canada are altering the way housing finance works so taxpayers aren’t stuck bearing the brunt of risks

Canada and the United States are both contemplating changes to the way we finance housing Last Wednesday Scotiabank sold the first Canadian bonds backed by consumer lines of credit in 12 years. The highly rated issue sold at market, according to a Bloomberg report, at an impressive 78 basis points over similar-term Canadian government bonds. […]

A clear mortgage policy- Consult with a Vancouver Mortgage Broker

Jim Murphy, Special to Financial Post The Canadian housing and mortgage markets receive extensive attention by economists, analysts and the media. The purchase of a home after all is the largest financial commitment that an individual will make in his or her lifetime. Since 2008 and the height of the financial crisis, the federal government […]

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