Canadians slowing down on borrowing amid economic uncertainty

David Paddon The Canadian Press TORONTO — There are signs that Canadian consumers have slowed down their borrowing this year, after peaking in the fourth quarter of 2010. A TransUnion analysis released Thursday found that average consumer debt, excluding mortgages, was $25,594 in the third quarter. That’s about where it has been throughout 2011, although […]

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Canadians with a mortgage hope to be mortgage-free by the time they reach age 65,

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Canadians with a mortgage hope to be mortgage-free by the time they reach age 65, but one-third (33%) of older Canadians (those over the age of 55) have 16 or more years left on their mortgage term, according to the latest RBC Housing Snapshot poll.

Planning Your Retirement- There is no Substitute

One of the best risk-adjusted investments you can make requires no commissions, no buying and selling, and no management fees. According to a new study from the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, the boring old mortgage prepayment performs better than most common retirement savings vehicles, including RRSPs. “Single individuals and couples with no dependents […]

Less Broker in Your Broker

“There are lenders that are taking the brokering out of brokering” — IMBAPresident Albert Collu, via CMP That line is symbolic of what’s happening in our business. The face of mortgage brokering is changing. Lender policies meant to drive efficiencies are impairing brokers from doing their jobs. This is no more evident than with volume minimums. More […]

Movin’ on up: more Canadians upgrading homes sooner

Movin’ on up: more Canadians upgrading homes sooner -2011 TD Canada Trust Repeat Home Buyers Report finds 7 in 10 repeat home buyers move earlier than they originally intended TORONTO (August 23, 2011) – Two-thirds of Canadian repeat home buyers are moving on to larger or more luxurious homes and many are moving earlier than […]

The mortgage game With rates predicted to rise, should you lock in, or take a risk and how much should first timers spend?

With anticipated interest rate increases on the horizon, many homeowners are wondering whether to lock debt such as mortgages and secured lines of credit into a fixed-rate mortgage or stay variable. Even some who are mortgage free are concerned with how rate increases will impact secured lines of credit, the financing of vacation homes and […]

Tweaked ARM addresses broker concerns over alternative lending

With tweaks to its variable-rate mortgage, Equitable Trust is acknowledging what many brokers fear: one or two years on the alternative side can improve a client’s credit, but often isn’t enough to get them into the A sphere. “Every borrower who goes to the Alt-A/B sphere aims to be there only for one or two […]

Who says it takes two? Many first time homebuyers fly solo on the house-hunt

Who says it takes two? Many first time homebuyers fly solo on the house-hunt – 2011 TD Canada Trust First Time Homebuyers Report finds majority of men and a third of women purchase their first home on their own – TO VIEW AN HTML SOCIAL MEDIA VERSION OF THIS RELEASE PLEASE VISIT http://www.smrmediaroom.ca/TDFirstTimeBuyer TORONTO, June 15, […]

The best and worst ways to raise cash quickly

Despite even the most careful planning, people can find themselves needing to raise cash on short notice. These situations are often emergencies and the pressures and worry that go with them often lead people to take the fastest or easiest routes to raising cash, but not necessarily the best. To the extent that someone can […]

The Bank of Canada released a special issue of its Review, “Lessons from the Financial Crisis”

The Bank of Canada released a special issue of its Review, “Lessons from the Financial Crisis,” which examines the recent research on the role of liquidity in the financial system, and the public policy responses that aimed to restore stability to the financial system during the crisis and foster economic recovery.

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