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Q&A: Ask us your questions about the new mortgage rules to help housing affordability
Under the new mortgage rules, which take effect Dec. 15, the price cap for insured mortgages will be $1.5-million, up from $1-million.
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Mortgage rule changes for new homebuyers, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
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BMO chief economist posits ‘calm before the mortgage storm’
A real estate sign is shown in Vaughan, Ont. on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
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Globe readers weigh in on putting extra funds in a TFSA or mortgage
A sold sign is shown in front of west-end Toronto homes Sunday, May 14, 2017. The Ontario Real Estate Association is calling for less stringent mortgage rules in a rebuttal aimed at the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Morning Update: The new math for first-time homebuyers
A house listed for sale in Toronto’s west end on July 4, 2024. July 4, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
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Globe readers, tell us how the new mortgage rules are affecting your plans to buy a home
A house listed for sale in Toronto’s west end on July 4, 2024.
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New mortgage rules will ease down payment, cashflow hurdles for homebuyers - but there’s a catch
close up man hand counting on calculator with house's model on invoice letter to summary of refinance expense for planning and manage money about home loan mortgage and interest rates for people lifestyle concept
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New mortgage rules attracting potential buyers after years of slow sales, brokers and realtors say
A housing development is seen on the edge of the Ontario Green Belt in the Greater Toronto Area of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada, on May 25, 2023. A billboard at the foot of a field on the far outskirts of Toronto heralds the coming construction of new homes, while highlighting a broken promise never to permit encroachment on this vast green space, which has provoked a public outcry. (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP) (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Business Brief: Measuring up the mortgage rules
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland responds to a question in the House of Commons yesterday.
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There is no such thing as immaculate home-buying, so let’s welcome the new mortgage rules
Rob Carrick
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Ottawa to ease mortgage rules in bid to help buyers afford pricier homes
FILE PHOTO: A for sale sign is displayed outside a home in Toronto, Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Low mortgage rates and low real estate prices could converge, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
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Waiting for lower interest rates? Why variable-rate mortgage borrowers may see disappointing discounts
New single family houses billed as estate cottages are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s mortgage stress test is hurting the buyers it was meant to protect
Christopher Alexander
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The moment where low mortgage rates and low real estate prices meet is coming
For the federal Liberals, the growing discontent with the state of the housing market is becoming a political threat. A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
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Fixed mortgage rates of below 4% are being spotted in Canada for the first time in years
Property tax.investment planning.business real estate. View Of coin stack with house model, mortgage loading real estate property with loan money bank concept.Home sales and home insurance concept.
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30-year amortizations are failing to inspire first-time home buyers
Pedestrians pass by a house listed for sale in Toronto’s west end on July 4, 2024. July 4, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
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Should Leah, 67, use her retirement savings to pay off her mortgage?
Financial Facelift (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
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Shrinking condos don’t interest first-time home buyers, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
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Can Moira, 51 and a teacher, retire within seven years?
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