Archive for October, 2016
New Mortgage Rules Canada 2016
October 31, 2016
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The Canadian government made changes to the approval process effective October 17th, 2016, for buyers who have less than a 20% down payment. These buyers are now required to qualify under higher interest rates than previously. We have created a short video to explain the new mortgage rules as they pertain to CMHC, and other loan insurers in Canada. Here is the video:
New Mortgage Rules Canada 2016
It remains to be seen as to what effect this will have on our booming Canadian real estate market, but for high-ratio buyers, they will now qualify for about 20% less than they did prior to October 17.
Categories: CMHC, Interest Rates, mortgages, Real Estate, rules, Uncategorized
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