August 17, 2020
In this week’s post I want to focus on a strange and controversial letter that CMHC’s outgoing President Evan Siddall sent to 100 lenders last week.
Posts from the ‘mortgage rate forecast’ Tag
August 10, 2020
It's been a wild rate for Canadian mortgage rates of late and in today's post we take a fresh look at the fixed vs. variable question.
July 13, 2020
Today's post explains why our recent record employment growth hasn't impacted our mortgage rates and likely won't for some time yet.
June 29, 2020
Last week new BoC Governor Tiff Macklem made his first public comments and he sounded notably less optimistic than his predecessor. Today's post explains.
June 22, 2020
In today's post I explain why record low mortgage rates now seem inevitable and offer my take on how borrowers can take advantage of the current conditions.
June 1, 2020
In his final speech, BoC Governor Poloz argued that fears about coming economic hardship are overblown. Here is my take on his comments, viewed in part through a mortgage lens.
April 20, 2020
Here are five highlights from the Bank of Canada's latest policy statement and Monetary Policy Report with my take on the implications for our fixed and variable mortgage rates.
March 16, 2020
The Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve continued to slash their policy rates last week. My next fixed vs. variable simulation will be postponed until these five key questions are answered.