by Karen Wotherspoon | Feb 4, 2022 | Announcements, Blog, Economy, Homeownership, Mortgage
In its first policy interest rate announcement of the year – on January 26th – the Bank of Canada (BoC) maintained its current record-low rate of 0.25%. The decision was in line with 2021 forecasts that a rate hike would occur in the second or third quarter of 2022....
by Karen Wotherspoon | Jan 21, 2022 | Announcements, Blog, Homeownership, Mortgage
New Bank of Canada (BoC) findings reveal that investors account for 19% of home purchases dating back to 2014 – steadily outpacing other types of homebuyers during the pandemic. The report, Housing Demand in Canada: A novel approach to classifying mortgaged...
by Karen Wotherspoon | Jul 16, 2021 | Announcements, Blog
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent. The Bank is maintaining its extraordinary forward guidance on the path for the overnight rate....
by Karen Wotherspoon | May 21, 2021 | Announcements, Blog, Economy, Finance, Mortgage
In today’s unconventional housing market, where inventory is low, competition is fierce and bidding wars are common, obtaining a mortgage preapproval has never been more important. In the face of multiple offers and fast-paced decisions, having a preapproval in hand...
by Karen Wotherspoon | May 7, 2021 | Announcements, Blog, Economy, Finance, Mortgage
Labelled one of the most widely anticipated and important budgets of our time, Budget 2021, delivered on April 19th, lived up to its promise. The first budget in over two years and first since the outbreak of the global pandemic, Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs,...
by Karen Wotherspoon | Mar 19, 2021 | Announcements, Economy, Homeownership
An entire year has passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic – and what a year it has been! Faced with uncertainty and unchartered territory, we obeyed public health officials, donned our masks, social distanced, hunkered down and...
