2.79% 5Y Fixed Rate Promotion! One of our key lenders has decreased their 5 year fixed rate, as of this morning. The rate was decreased from 2.99% to 2.85%, however The Mortgage King exclusive rate is 2.79%!!! The update brings along some controversy as many lenders were initially tightening up their rates and lending criteria. […]
June 2014 Industry Stats The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) released their new set of statistics on June 5th, 2014. The major statistics are summarized as follows: Bank of Canada interest rate remains at 1% Prime lending rate remains at 3% The 5Y variable qualifying rate has dropped from 4.99% to 4.79%, leading […]
CMHC Implements Its Changes CMHC implemented its changes yesterday, May 30th, 2014. CMHC is now discontinuing self-employed insurance applications without 3rd party income verification and second home insurance. However, it appears that the two private insurers, Canada Guaranty and Genworth Financial, have not implicated any major changes. The only change observed with Genworth was that […]