by Boris Mahovac | Blog, Market, Mortgages, Refinancing
The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 1 ¾ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 per cent and the deposit rate is 1 ½ per cent. [Variable rate mortgages are immediately affected as chartered banks and other lenders raised their...
by Boris Mahovac | Mortgages, Refinancing
These new mortgage rules have been introduced by OSFI (Government agency know as the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions), they regulate banks. From what I have been reading there are mixed messages coming out regarding these new rules, however we...
by Boris Mahovac | Blog, Mortgages, Refinancing
OTTAWA – October 17, 2017. Today the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) published the final version of Guideline B-20 − Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures. The revised Guideline, which comes into effect...
