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- Ask the Expert: Can the new Liberal housing plan solve Canada’s housing crisis? June 13, 2025Recently, Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal party unveiled Building Canada Strong, a new ambitious housing plan to accelerate residential construction with the goal of building 500,000 homes a year. Their … Continue Reading Ask the Expert: Can the new Liberal housing plan solve Canada’s housing crisis?Steve Garganis
- Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – What’s your Canadian mortgage strategy in Trump’s tariff war? April 14, 2025Make no mistake, we are in a war — an economic war. President Donald Trump has threatened, imposed, or temporarily reversed tariffs on just about every country in the world, including … Continue Reading Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – What’s your Canadian mortgage strategy in Trump’s tariff war?Steve Garganis
- A Financial Crisis Or Is It? April 10, 20252025 will go down in history as one of those years filled with volatility and turmoil. There’s a quote from a book I read that seems appropriate today. “People want … Continue Reading A Financial Crisis Or Is It?clientsupportmortgagenowca
- Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – With the capital gains tax hike on its way out, is this your chance to buy an investment property? March 11, 2025With the capital gains tax increase looking less and less likely, how should Canadians be thinking about investment properties? Is now the time to buy? Earlier this year, the federal … Continue Reading Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – With the capital gains tax hike on its way out, is this your chance to buy […]Steve Garganis
- Tariffs Up but Mortgage Rates Down March 6, 2025A quick note… we’ve all heard about the Trump Tariffs. It will make everything more expensive. Canada and also in the USA. It will put people’s jobs at risk, we are … Continue Reading Tariffs Up but Mortgage Rates DownSteve Garganis
- Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – How Trump’s tariffs will affect your Canadian mortgage February 1, 2025I will start with a quote from Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal “I aim very high and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get … Continue Reading Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – How Trump’s tariffs will affect your Canadian mortgageSteve Garganis
- Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – Solutions for a flatlining condo market and New Year predictions January 10, 2025With 2024 behind us and the new year upon us, the housing market is in a delicate balance. Interest rates are declining, which is great news for borrowers. However, these … Continue Reading Ask the Expert: Steve Garganis – Solutions for a flatlining condo market and New Year predictionsSteve Garganis
Mortgage Rates & Mortgage Broker News in Canada
- Stronger jobs data likely to delay BoC rate cut July 11, 2025Canada’s job market turned a corner in June, beating economists’ expectations for the first time this year, though the upbeat data was tempered by fresh tariff threats and stubborn inflation.Brett Surbey
- Canada racing to secure new trade deal with U.S. as Trump vows 35% tariffs July 11, 2025Canada is pushing to finalize a new trade deal with the United States by Aug. 1 in response to a tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump, who announced Thursday that Canadian imports would be subject to a 35% levy starting next month.CMT Team
- N.S. premier wishes $1.35M home-sharing program had resulted in more than 60 leases July 11, 2025Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he wishes his government's $1.35 million partnership with home-sharing platform Happipad had resulted in more than just 60 leases over two years.The Canadian Press
- ‘Kind of stuck’: Weak condo market means tough choices for potential move-up buyers July 10, 2025While optimism is building in some parts of Canada for a rebound in the real estate market, condominium dwellers wanting to move up to a larger space face tough choices amid little sign of improvement for that segment.The Canadian Press
- Montreal home sales up in June as median price rises around 7% from last year: board July 10, 2025Montreal-area home sales were up in June compared with the same month a year ago, as prices rose around seven per cent across all housing types.The Canadian Press
- Mortgage payments are easing overall, but many face renewal stress, TD says July 9, 2025High-rate renewals are squeezing budgets, but rate cuts and short-term mortgage resets are easing the burden in aggregate, TD Economics saysCMT Team
- Chadwick Westlake appointed new CEO of EQB Inc. July 9, 2025Former EQB CFO returns to lead Canada’s Challenger Bank following multi-year succession processCMT Team
- Mortgage Digest: RBC expects no further BoC rate cuts July 9, 2025Canada’s big banks are divided on how much further the Bank of Canada will cut, with RBC now saying the rate has likely bottomed, while others still expect more easing ahead.Steve Huebl
- Rents easing across most major markets but many tenants not feeling relief: CMHC July 8, 2025Canada's housing agency says advertised rents in some major cities are easing due to factors such as increased supply and slower immigration, but renters are still not feeling relief.The Canadian Press
- HomeEquity Bank launches custom solutions to help parents gift down payments July 8, 2025HomeEquity Bank has launched a new platform to help parents unlock their home equity to support their children’s first home purchase.Dylan Freeman-Grist