💡See also: Mortgage Tidbits (below). Yields edged up on Tuesday amid expectations of a busy data week that crescendos with Canadian and U.S. jobs numbers on Friday. Meanwhile, bond markets (so far) appear serenely indifferent to the U.S. capture of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

In 2026, local credibility beats clever SEO tricks, says search marketing expert Shamil Shamilov from Toronto-based dNovo Group. For mortgage brokers and lenders to show up in AI responses—ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, etc.—it hinges on reputation engineering and source authority. That's a fancy way of saying

The bond market's seasonal hibernation is over. Time to strap in for an action-packed January, which means that volatility in fixed mortgage rates could pick up. Here’s what to watch for...

For mortgage pros, these next 12 months may prove the most transformative—technology-wise—in our industry's history. That's not hyperbole. It's an unavoidable truth. AI is advancing technology and development so fast that the 1996–1999 internet frenzy feels unambitious by comparison. As a