Forget Bay Street's stuffy suits - Community Savings is the biker gang of credit unions, roaring down the mortgage highway with advertised rates that'll make a banker's toupee fly off. We're talking the likes of 3.99% on a five-year fixed. Given
Forget Bay Street's stuffy suits - Community Savings is the biker gang of credit unions, roaring down the mortgage highway with advertised rates that'll make a banker's toupee fly off. We're talking the likes of 3.99% on a five-year fixed.
Given its aggressive pricing, it's not surprising that Community Savings is growing at a 10% annualized clip, 2.4 times the growth rate of credit unions overall.
To see what makes it tick, we spoke with Mike Schilling, President & CEO. He touched on:
The video and transcript are below...
Back to topTiff Macklem is in the crosshairs of Bay Street's prophets. Economists are ganging up on the central banker, claiming he's so far behind the curve, he's practically lapped himself.
Tiff Macklem is in the crosshairs of Bay Street's prophets. Economists are ganging up on the central banker, claiming he's so far behind the curve, he's practically lapped himself.
Back to topMost prime mortgage borrowers want the answer to one not-so-simple question: Which mortgage is going to save me the most money if rates pan out as the experts expect? MLN now provides that answer—lickety-split. As part of our new Rate Simulator dashboard page, you'll find a fresh
Most prime mortgage borrowers want the answer to one not-so-simple question: Which mortgage is going to save me the most money if rates pan out as the experts expect?
MLN now provides that answer—lickety-split.
As part of our new Rate Simulator dashboard page, you'll find a fresh little gizmo called Term Summaries. Here's a screenshot.
What you're looking at here is a cost comparison of the most competitive mortgage term combinations over five years. They're based on the lowest nationally-advertised rates (which you can change) and the market's implied rate outlook.
To ensure apples-to-apples comparisons, we assume equal payments regardless of the term (i.e., all payments are set to equal the mortgage with the highest rate). This eliminates concerns about cash flow differences and the time value of money.
You might also have clients who want an opinion on one term over another. To make that easy, MLN's new rate sim compares the most popular term combinations head-to-head. Example below.
You can also:
This latest version (version #49) also has the latest forward rate outlook built in.
Clients eat these projections up, by the way—especially when you explain them on a screen share and do some best-case-worst-case analysis. It's like mortgage market tarot cards, but with actual math behind it. So, fire up Amortization Simulator 3.0 today (download here).
Job numbers on both sides of the border have thrown rate expectations for a bit of a loop. Nowhere is that more evident than in the 4-year swap market, which we refer to as a rough indicator of base fixed-mortgage funding costs.
Job numbers on both sides of the border have thrown rate expectations for a bit of a loop. Nowhere is that more evident than in the 4-year swap market, which we refer to as a rough indicator of base fixed-mortgage funding costs.
Back to topTwo days into the start of FINTRAC’s requirements for mortgage brokers, it's clear this is going to take some getting used to. The regs (details on those) took effect in the broker channel on Friday. Thanks to all the new anti-bad-guy procedures, brokers have the joy of
Two days into the start of FINTRAC’s requirements for mortgage brokers, it's clear this is going to take some getting used to.
The regs (details on those) took effect in the broker channel on Friday. Thanks to all the new anti-bad-guy procedures, brokers have the joy of extra paperwork plus the thrill of paying more for the privilege.
Here's a summary of broker obligations from Equifax:
For some brokers, even those who took FINTRAC courses, there's still ample uncertainty and unanswered questions. We’ll bug the regulator with questions this week—chime in below if you've got your own.
As for deal management systems (a.k.a. POS systems), they all offer a different interface for complying with the above, and no one of them is perfect. Here's a quick rundown of what we've dug up so far...
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