CMHC plans is going to raise its mortgage loan insurance premiums.
National home sales activity posted its fifth consecutive month-over-month decline in January 2014, show statistics from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
Members of Gen X and Gen Y exude a sense of confidence about achieving key financial goals despite the obstacles they're facing, shows a report by BMO’s Wealth Institute.
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A U.S. watchdog is investigating whether traders at two bank have been manipulating trading around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reports Reuters, citing an FBI intelligence bulletin.
All-cash offers, bidding wars, and purchases based on floor plans alone, are some of the tactics being used by increasingly desperate Manhattan property buyers, the Financial Times reports.
More Canadians will retire with lingering home loans.
A stronger housing market and increasing mortgage rates mean housing was less affordable in Q3, RBC Economics’ latest housing trends and affordability report shows.
Canadians been told time and time again that, at the very least, their goal should be to retire debt-free. Many are struggling to pay off their debts, and for those who do, there's the allure of the reverse mortgage.
Buyers looking for newly-built home in Calgary are facing a significantly more expensive market than they were a year ago, says Statistics Canada.