Canadian homebuyers might face stronger regulations around mortgage borrowing soon. Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada’s bank regulator, is soliciting feedback on a series of new rules to reduce leverage and mitigate risk. Now that risk tools like the stress test have proved why they’re important, they’re seeking to address any gaps […]
Canada’s real estate market got a big boost from overleveraged borrowers, according to its bank regulator. OSFI data shows the share of mortgage borrowers that are overleveraged remains high. Overleveraged borrowers, those with a loan to income ratio of 450% or higher, have begun to taper with higher rates, but still represented 1 in 3 […]
Canada’s large cities are now entirely dependent on immigration as local residents continue to flee and seek greener pastures.
Greater Toronto residents are fleeing for other parts of the country at an alarming pace, indicating opportunity may be outside of the hub.
Canadian mortgage payments were seeing double-digit growth before rate increases, as real estate prices surged.
Veteran mortgage broker Ron Butler drops some knowledge, and updates us with some on-the-ground market insights.
Canadian real estate developers are still pumping significant cash into building permits, but inflation is killing that growth.
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Bank of Canada Clear For Another Hike After Employment Boom: BMO Canada’s employment data is still coming in hot, with the economy adding 104k jobs in December. This drove the unemployment rate down to just 5.0%, only 0.1 points above the 50-year […]
Despite the gloomy outlook, Canada is still churning out hot employment data. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the economy added over 100,000 jobs in December. Along with higher participation, this helped drive the unemployment rate within spitting distance of the record. At least one Big Six bank sees another rate hike, with robust job […]
Toronto real estate was declared the world’s largest bubble by UBS just a few months ago, now prices are crashing.
