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Image Source: Pexels According to research by LIMC, up to 16% of the Canadian workforce is self-employed, within which 73% of entrepreneurs work independently. For self-employed Canadians looking for ways to turn their home-buying dreams into reality, this article by Dominion Lending Centres provides the steps for navigating the process of mortgage and homeownership. Plan […]
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Whether buying or selling a home, the process entails reviewing, signing, and organizing a vast array of documents. Real estate transactions can be huge commitments with a lot of money on the line, so you likely have enough stress to worry about without all the paperwork dominating your life. You might find, though, that efficiently […]
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Purchasing your first home is one of the most exciting things you’ll do in your life. It requires big changes and important considerations, one of which is whether or not you should buy a starter home or a forever home first. This brief guide presented by John Dunford, MBA of Dominion Lending Centres can help […]
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Today, the Bank of Canada held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent. The Bank is also adjusting its bond-buying program from weekly net purchases of Government of Canada (GoC) bonds of $4 billion to $3 billion. This adjustment to the amount of incremental stimulus being added each […]
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In more than two years, the first federal budget extends Ottawa’s COVID-19 “lifeline” for workers and struggling businesses another few months as it aims to pull Canada through the pandemic once and for all. Clocking in at a bulky 724 pages, this is a highly detailed budget that sets the stage for post-pandemic policy in […]
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Today the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released statistics showing national existing home sales hit another all-time high in March. What was arguably more noteworthy was that new listings hit their highest level on record in seasonally adjusted terms in March. Prices continued to rise as sales dwarfed the new supply. The number of homes […]
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This morning, Statistics Canada released the March 2021 Labour Force Survey showing much stronger-than-expected job growth for the second month in a row, pointing towards a Q1 growth rate of more than 5.5%. This survey reflected labour market conditions during the week of March 14 to 20, when public health restrictions were less restrictive in […]
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With several Big-Five bank CEOs calling for regulatory action to slow the red-hot housing market, it didn’t take long for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the governor of federally regulated financial institutions, to respond. In a news release issued today, OSFI proposed an increase in uninsured mortgages’ qualifying rate to the […]
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The Bank of Canada is seeing “worrying” signs that some Canadians are taking on too much debt to buy into the nation’s hot housing market. In an interview with the Financial Post, Governor Tiff Macklem said there is evidence that loan levels relative to home values are growing — an indication that some borrowers could […]
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Today the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released statistics showing national home sales hit another all-time high in February 2021. Canadian home sales increased a whopping 6.6% month-on-month (m-o-m), building on the largest winter housing boom in history. On a year-over-year (y-o-y) basis, existing home sales surged an amazing 39.2%. As the chart below shows, […]
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