Markets across Canada experience spring surge Canada’s major housing markets appear to be shifting direction this spring. After a few months of sluggishness, early results from boards indicate that activity has picked up significantly in most markets, and prices have ticked higher. “There were hints for some time the cyclical bottom would be reached this…
New First Home Savings Account launches April 1, but won’t be available until later this year Prospective homebuyers wanting to take advantage of the federal government’s new Tax-Free Savings Account will have to wait longer, despite the program’s official launch date of April 1. All of the Big 6 banks confirmed to CMT that they…
Bond yields plunge. What it means for fixed mortgage rates Bond yields dove over 30 basis points on Friday as economic worries start to replace inflation concerns. Bond yields, which lead fixed mortgage rates, fell to 2.84% on Friday, down from 3.15% on Thursday and well off the 3.59% high reached in mid-June. The decline…
Canadian Home Sales Rebound 57% from April, But Still Down Sharply vs. 2019 After the steepest decline on record in April, Canadian home sales posted a 56.9% rebound in May, while the number of new listings surged 69%. While the resurgence in activity suggests April was likely a bottom for the COVID-19-induced housing decline, there’s…
‘Mortgage Holiday’? Borrowers In Italy, U.K. May Get A Break From Payments, And Canada Could Follow Some U.S. cities are protecting renters with eviction bans during the outbreak. With global stock markets tanking and coronavirus cases rising rapidly in Asia, Europe and North America, politicians around the world are racing to unveil emergency measures to…
RBC widens mortgage lead just as Canada’s housing market shows signs of a revival Domestic mortgage book grew 8.6 per cent in the fiscal first quarter, the biggest year-over-year jump in more than a decade Royal Bank of Canada has widened its lead in mortgages against rival lenders as the nation’s housing market shows signs…
Year in Review: Top Mortgage Stories of 2019 Compared to the chilling regulatory news of 2018 (i.e., the launch of OSFI’s mortgage stress test), this was a year of turnarounds in the mortgage market. For one thing, the year ended with palpable optimism in the housing sector. It was a degree of bullish sentiment that many…
