by Glenn Maclaren | Sep 20, 2024 | Announcements, Blog, Mortgage
The federal government unveiled huge changes to Canada’s mortgage system September 16th, 2024 aimed at helping make homeownership more attainable for first-time homebuyers as well as Canadians purchasing newly-built homes. This is exciting news for homebuyers,...
by Glenn Maclaren | Sep 6, 2024 | Announcements, Blog, Economy, Mortgage
We’re finally getting some great news on the inflation – and, consequently, the interest rate – front! Canada’s inflation rate continued its downward trajectory in July, with the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowing to 2.5%, according to Statistics Canada. This...
by Glenn Maclaren | Aug 4, 2023 | Announcements, Blog, Homeownership, Mortgage
During the red-hot Canadian real estate market spurred by the pandemic where bidding wars were pretty much expected, it was virtually impossible to get an Offer to Purchase accepted that contained important conditions to protect the buyer when making among the largest...
by Glenn Maclaren | Feb 17, 2023 | Announcements, Blog, Economy
In its very first summary of deliberations released this month, the Bank of Canada (BoC) pointed to a tight labour market, strong GDP growth and the risk of inflation getting stuck above 2% as the rationale for raising its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point...
by Glenn Maclaren | Nov 4, 2022 | Announcements, Blog, Homeownership, Mortgage
While first-time homebuyers are often required by their lender to pay property taxes as part of their mortgage payments, many people continue to pay them like this throughout their time as mortgage holders. Once you’re no longer required to pay taxes with your...
by Glenn Maclaren | Jul 15, 2022 | Announcements, Blog, Economy, Mortgage
In an effort to stabilize the economy and curtail rising inflation and hot housing markets, the Bank of Canada (BoC) has been steadily increasing interest rates – most recently on July 13th when the overnight rate rose a full percent, which was the fourth consecutive...
