📰Also in this edition: • The Latest from Rateland • Value Zone • Mortgage Bytes In 30 days, the government launches its latest housing hail mary: 30-year amortizations for default-insured first-time buyers. Many questions surround the policy, not the least of which is: Will the scheme actually accomplish its missions? It aims to

Canadians shouldn't “spend a lot of time thinking about the neutral rate,” BoC chief Tiff Macklem advised in his June 5 press conference. But it's okay for him to spend a lot of time thinking about it. In the Bank's own words, the neutral

If you're a builder who wants to get your phones ringing, try this trick: flaunt a mortgage rate beginning with '2'. And then brace for the hefty buydown. For brokers or retail mortgage reps, this strategy typically isn't possible. For developers clearing tens or

💡Also in this edition: • Inflation's Uptick Triggers a Rate Cut Rethink • Mortgage Bytes For those of us trying to move our mortgage sites up the Google ladder, the search behemoth's recent algorithm leak was a rare glimpse into its website ranking methods. Google's search