Mortgages by Carolann Young

Carolann Young || March 22, 2019

Anatomy of mortgage changes

There is little doubt that housing sales have slowed down in the past year, due in large part to stricter mortgage regulations. Part of those regulations is a mortgage stress test that requires...

Carolann Young || March 22, 2019

Anatomy of mortgage changes

There is little doubt that housing sales have slowed down in the past year, due in large part to stricter mortgage regulations. Part of those regulations is a mortgage stress test that requires...

Carolann Young || March 20, 2019

Canada's Federal Budget

The Minister of Finance Bill Morneau presented the 2019-2020 federal budget this afternoon. Key themes include growing the economy, implementing national pharmacare, investing in the middle class, and...

Carolann Young || March 15, 2019

The Canadian economy and the housing market

We are living in strange times, economically speaking. Mortgage stress tests have slowed the housing market and may be one of the reasons the Bank of Canada has signaled it may pause on increasing...