Toronto House Prices Jump By $130,000 In A Year As Industry Calls For 'Shovels In The Ground'. And now the Bank of Canada is putting "kerosene on the fire" with ... More

The proposed change to the federal mortgage guidelines that would reduce the stress test requirement for borrowers could adversely affect the credit risk of Canada’s big ... More

Ottawa changing stress test rate for insured mortgages starting April 6. ... More

Mortgage stress test forces homebuyers further outside GTA to find house they can afford. ... More

The chief executive of the Bank of Nova Scotia says Canada’s housing market needs more supply, not a major change to the mortgage stress test. ... More

Royal Bank of Canada chief executive Dave McKay told a banking conference on Tuesday that the mortgage stress test has “generally been good ... More

Tighter mortgage regulations are making Canada’s housing market less risky, according to the government agency responsible for its oversight. ... More

New data shows the country’s youngest buyers are being affected most by the government’s mortgage stress tests. ... More

The Bank of Canada's rate used by mortgage stress tests to determine whether would-be homeowners can qualify has dropped for the first time in three years. ... More

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. ... More

The Canadian mortgage market continues to suffer from the impact of lower home sales in major markets as the stress tests weaken homebuyers’ abilities. ... More

Canada’s top federal banking regulator says a stress-test for uninsured mortgages is “working,” but that it is still keeping an eye on lending practices. ... More

Canada should hold off on changes to make homebuying more affordable but should speed up efforts to reduce trade barriers within its borders, advises the International Monetary ... More

The Conservative Party leader says he's "absolutely committed" to reviewing the rule. ... More

The Canadian government should consider being flexible on its new mortgage lending rules because the impact has been longer-lasting and more significant than expected, ... More

CIBC economist says regulators need to revisit rules that have made it harder to get a mortgage. ... More

Toronto Real Estate Board President Garry Bhaura announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 7,187 residential sales through TREB's MLS® System in March ... More

A flattened real estate market in the Greater Toronto Area has the region's real estate board again calling for revisions to stricter mortgage stress tests. ... More

Here are four record-breaking phenomena that suggest we have reached a real turning point in Canadian real estate. ... More

Residential investment is falling, and that's a clear sign of hard times in Canada's economy, the Bank of Montreal says. ... More

The cost of rental housing jumped by the most in 30 years in January, according to Statistics Canada data. ... More

Here's what it takes to buy an average-priced home in Canada's major cities — and how choosing a 30-year mortgage would change that. ... More

Ten per cent of Canadians no longer qualify for a mortgage with banks. ... More

While a decline in sales in January 2018 was expected, the decline this January was disturbing. ... More

The B-20 mandated stress test is already outdated considering current market realities, according to a real estate firm head. ... More

The country’s overall real estate market remains “vulnerable” despite an easing in overvaluation in cities like Toronto and Victoria in the third quarter, ... More

Canada’s banking regulator defended tougher mortgage underwriting rules blamed recently for a slump in the nation’s housing market, but left open the possibility that ... More

The Bank of Canada has admitted that the economic impact of strict mortgage regulations, local housing restrictions, and the upward trend in interest rates was more serious than ... More

News report had claimed Finance Minister was thinking about expanding rules, but he says he's not ... More

Canada is considering subjecting private lenders to the same mortgage stress test rules faced by banks to prevent housing markets from being destabilized by the lenders' rapid ... More