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If your mortgage offer starts with a 3, it's not too high to lock in
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (291+ words) Robert McLister: Big Banks are faster to hike than to cut, and are still waiting to see if the latest yield spike will last Oil prices cracked US$100 a barrel again this week, rekindling inflation worries, lifting bond yields and…...
The widening Middle East war is threatening your mortgage rate again
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1128+ words) Robert McLister: New round of fighting has oil prices and bond yields climbing again. Plus: Why the CMHC doesn't plan to raise default insurance fees anytime soon This week brings a grab bag of mortgage updates, featuring musings from Canada…...
Posthaste: Canadians can't win as rising mortgage rates cancel out falling home prices, says report
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (653+ words) Affordability worsened in 11 of 13 of Canada's largest housing markets Canadian homebuyers should be winners because of declining home prices, but rising mortgage rates are robbing them of that win, says a new Rates.ca report. Buyers in June needed more…...
Mortgage rate risk edges upward
1+ week, 3+ day ago (253+ words) Robert McLister: Borrowers looking to duck rising mortgage risks are mostly grabbing three- and five-year fixed rates Oil prices have sprung off their June lows with gusto. Add in a firming economy, and these two factors are keeping bond yields…...
Posthaste: Canada's historic housing market meltdown may finally have hit bottom
1+ week, 4+ day ago (592+ words) For the first time since January 2025, the home price index didn't decline Four years into one of the deepest housing corrections in Canada’s history, there are signs the market may be hitting bottom. National figures out yesterday from the Canadian…...
New Fed chair a 'wildcard' for mortgage borrowers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (59+ words) Financial Post You've reached the 20 article limit. You can manage saved articles in your account. and save up to 100 articles! Looks like you've reached your saved article limit! You can manage your saved articles in your account and clicking the…...
The mortgage hack that wins whether rates rise or fall
2+ week, 3+ day ago (844+ words) Robert McLister: Most borrowers who pick a term to save money focus on the payment, not the rate risk attached to it. Try this instead It’s remarkable how many people choose variable-rate mortgages (VRMs) because the payment is smaller. Consider…...
Steady as she goes for fixed mortgage rates
2+ week, 3+ day ago (251+ words) Bank of Canada expected to hold interest rate for sixth time in a row Bond yields jumped again this week as the commercial break in U.S.-Iranian “peace” ended, sending oil prices skyward. That was followed by Friday’s perky Canadian jobs…...
Canada's biggest banks are in a 'sweet spot,' but questions remain over how long it will last
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1134+ words) The Big Six comfortably beat analysts’ earnings expectations, pushing their share prices even higher Going into 2026, Fitch Ratings Inc. had a “deteriorating” outlook for the Canadian banking sector as the country grappled with declining economic growth and trade tension uncertainties....
37% of recent first-time buyers regret the size of mortgage they took on, says new report
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (457+ words) A renewal wave is putting borrowers managing higher payments under pressure, according to a Mortgage Professionals Canada report Five years after homebuying activity hit unprecedented heights amid record-low, pandemic-era interest rates, the ongoing mortgage renewal wave is putting borrowers managing…...