18 07, 2024

Understanding the Impact of Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcements

By |2024-07-18T15:03:58+00:00July 18th, 2024|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on Understanding the Impact of Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcements

Read Time: 4.5 Minutes Understanding the Impact of Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcements After the Bank of Canada rate cut in June, I got many calls from clients. They wanted to understand the impact on their mortgage and finances. Another announcement [...]

13 06, 2024

Interest Rate cut, now what?

By |2024-06-14T15:35:34+00:00June 13th, 2024|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on Interest Rate cut, now what?

Read Time: 2.5 Minutes Interest Rate Cut, Now What? Understanding the Bank of Canada’s recent interest rate cut is crucial. We must grasp how this decision impacts the housing market and mortgage rates. A rate cut is a big financial move. But [...]

2 05, 2024

GTA Housing Prices: Condos vs Houses

By |2024-04-30T20:44:56+00:00May 2nd, 2024|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on GTA Housing Prices: Condos vs Houses

Read Time: 3 Minutes GTA Housing Prices: Condos vs Houses Today, let’s talk about the housing market in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). We'll look at the two different paths prices are taking for condos and single-family homes.  It's important to understand [...]

18 04, 2024

New Housing Plan: Are the Liberals Pandering for Votes, or Proposing Real Change?

By |2024-04-15T17:27:55+00:00April 18th, 2024|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on New Housing Plan: Are the Liberals Pandering for Votes, or Proposing Real Change?

Read Time: 3 Minutes New Housing Plan: Are the Liberals Pandering for Votes, or Proposing Real Change? Next year is an election. Our federal government faces a growing issue of housing affordability across the country.   Enter some housing policy reform. Finance Minister [...]

11 01, 2024

3 Insights Influencing Mortgage Rate Declines In 2024

By |2024-01-04T19:32:29+00:00January 11th, 2024|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates, Mortgage Strategy|Comments Off on 3 Insights Influencing Mortgage Rate Declines In 2024

3 Insights Influencing Mortgage Rate Declines In 2024 We’re coming up on 2 years of mortgage rate hikes in Canada, and in this issue I will explain what factors influence rates and why I believe rates will be coming down in 2024 Understanding [...]

26 10, 2023

Ontario’s Q3 2023 Housing Market: A Buyer’s Guide to Golden Opportunities

By |2023-12-22T20:31:38+00:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on Ontario’s Q3 2023 Housing Market: A Buyer’s Guide to Golden Opportunities

Navigating Ontario's Q3 Housing Market: A Buyer’s Guide to Golden Opportunities Welcome back to Marshall's Mortgage Blog. If you've been sitting on the fence about diving into the Ontario housing market, you're in luck! The third quarter of 2023 has rolled out some intriguing [...]

15 06, 2021

New stress test for all mortgages now in effect

By |2023-12-21T02:02:02+00:00June 15th, 2021|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on New stress test for all mortgages now in effect

New stress test for all mortgages now in effect The Department of Finance has announced that insured mortgages will have the same stress test that OSFI recently introduced for uninsured mortgages. The stress test for both will be the greater of the borrower’s mortgage [...]

3 05, 2021

Recent mortgage rule changes

By |2023-12-21T02:00:54+00:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: Mortgage & Housing Market Updates|Comments Off on Recent mortgage rule changes

Recent mortgage rule changes There had been speculation that the government would act to cool the hot housing market, but the industry saw only modest measures in the April 19 federal budget. A national annual tax on foreign-owned properties that are left vacant or [...]