What’s causing increases in house prices? Well, our parents are partly to blame, of course, but so are underlying economics. In this month’s update, I’m investigating if house prices – especially those in Canada’s largest metropolitan … Read More
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This time each year, the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) releases their Annual State of the Residential Mortgage Market in Canada. Data in the report comes from various sources, including an online survey of … Read More
Read articleWe are approaching summer vacation, when the real estate market (and by extension, real estate news) tends to slow. So, this mortgage update will be short and sweet, as evidenced by this intro. 2014 Mortgage Stats … Read More
Read articleThe CMHC is cautiously optimistic about the B.C. housing market – Vancouver Courier This week, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) held press conferences in major cities across Canada. Surprisingly, the nation’s largest mortgage insurer … Read More
Read articleAt the end of November, a conference was held by the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) in Toronto. It was a huge conference that drew more than 1600 mortgage professionals. Commentary and stats were … Read More
Read articleThere are two important reports that come out every year that are the most referenced sources for mortgage statistics in the year following. Today, CAAMP released one such report ‘The Annual State of the Residential Mortgage … Read More
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