by Majid Habibi | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
If you’ve been following the financial news in Canada lately (or if you read the blog here regularly), you will know that a lot is changing in the world of mortgage financing. Most recently, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced an...
by Majid Habibi | Jan 17, 2017 | Announcements, Blog, CMHC, Homeownership
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced this morning that they will be increasing mortgage insurance premiums on March 17th 2017. They were quick to outline that the changes would only amount to roughly a $5 increase per month for borrowers. Which was...
by Majid Habibi | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog, Finance
Over the last three years, Canadian financial blogger Sandi Martin from Spring Personal Finance has released a series of posts with her dreams for her clients in each 2015, 2016, and now 2017. It started with finding clarity, then taking ownership, and now the series...
by Majid Habibi | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog
by Majid Habibi | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog, Homeownership
The Canadian government just released its housing strategy plan, called “What We Heard, Shaping Canada’s National Housing Strategy”. It has been included below in all its 66 page glory, but first here are some of the highlights. Helping those in...
by Majid Habibi | Nov 15, 2016 | Announcements, Blog, Economy, Homeownership, Mortgage
Well, after many years of unprecedented low interest rates in Canada, it appears the Canadian government by way of rule changes, and the American government by way of Trump, are impacting mortgage rates. Simply put, the Canadian government has recently made it more...
