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Canadian Mortgages
- Stop Bleeding Cash: Why Your Mortgage is the Ultimate Financial Power ToolLet’s have an honest conversation about the financial squeeze many Canadians are feeling right now. Prices are up at the pump, at the grocery store, and certainly in utility bills. … Continue Reading Stop Bleeding Cash: Why Your Mortgage is the Ultimate Financial Power Tool
Mortgage Broker News
- Canadian Mortgage Summit Vancouver: Inside a key panel from the upcoming eventFind out more about one of the event sessions – and make sure to register now, free of charge
- What’s the difference between alternative and private lenders in Canada?CAMLA position paper highlights key similarities and divergences between lender types
- Why mortgage renewals in 2026 might not be the crisis once fearedA series of rate cuts by the BoC over the past 18 months have brightened the picture for many borrowers
- Sagen posts steady Q4 profitPrivate mortgage insurer held the line on earnings as investment income softened
- BoC to stay on hold through 2026 after latest GDP update, economists sayFlat growth and trade turmoil reinforce expectations for a long policy pause
Canadian Mortgage Trends
- Why Yousry Bissada chose HomeEquity Bank: A conversation with Canadian Mortgage TrendsIn a one-on-one interview with Canadian Mortgage Trends, Yousry Bissada discusses his move to HomeEquity Bank and his vision for the lender’s next chapter.
- Canada’s economy on track to shrink 0.5% in fourth quarterCanada’s gross domestic product likely shrunk in the fourth quarter, highlighting choppy performance as the trade-dependent economy adjusts to U.S. tariffs.
- Sagen earnings slip in 2025 as investment income coolsMortgage insurer posts solid underwriting results and strong capital levels, even as lower investment income weighs on profits.
- OSFI leaves mortgage stress test in place, reaffirms LTI limits for lendersOSFI offered no new direction on the qualifying rate, but reiterated that loan-to-income caps for uninsured mortgages remain in place and opened a new six-month consultation tied to its broader guidance review.
- Canada’s trade deficit widens on falling gold, auto shipmentsCanada’s trade deficit widened by more than expected as volatile gold shipments fell and both exports and imports of motor vehicles and parts decreased.
