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    • Bank of Canada Prime Rate Rises – So It Begins
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      Bank of Canada Prime Rate Rises – So It Begins

      The Bank of Canada raised the Bank Rate by 0.25% today. It is now at 0.50%. This is the first increase by the central bank since July 2007. With this rise I expect all major lending institutions to rate their Prime Rates by an equivalent amount – from 2.25% to 2.50%. This means that if

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      UPDATE: Strata Duplexes Okay Again

      CMHC has just announced that they will now be insuring mortgages on “non-conforming stratas” again. This reverses an earlier decision (see previous post). A requirement is that title insurance must be taken out. This is super news for both buyers and sellers. Now buyers can go as low as 5% down again! No updates from

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      HSBC Out Of Broker Network

      HSBC Bank Canada announced today that they will no longer be originating mortgages via brokers. This is effective immediately. Along with this, they will also be winding down and closing their outside mortgage sales force department. All future mortgage origination will be done via their branch network. Although HSBC has never been a major player

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