Posts from the ‘Mortgage Rule Changes’ Category

October 19, 2016

What Canada’s Fifth Round of Mortgage Rule Changes Mean For You – Part Four

In Part Four, I propose three tweaks that I think our policy makers should make to these latest rounds of mortgage rule changes. Not that they asked mind you - I haven’t found any industry insiders who were consulted before these changes were announced, but here’s hoping they’re open to suggestions and that they read my posts!
October 17, 2016

What Canada’s Fifth Round of Mortgage Rule Changes Mean For You – Part Three

In today’s post, Part Three, I’ll explain why I support the view that more changes were necessary and I’ll offer my take on the longer-term impacts that these specific changes will have on our borrowers, lenders, and housing markets. Then I’ll close by offering my opinion on whether our policy makers got these changes right.