💡Also in this edition: • OSFI Boss Steadfast on Stress Testing Switches • U.S. CPI Pounds Yields Lower • Fed's Patience Game Continues • Mortgage Bytes For "Canada's Challenger Bank," insured single-family mortgage lending was apparently too much of a challenge. Equitable Bank is following in competitor

The government just unfurled guidelines for its newest mortgage policy brainchild, 30-year insured amortizations. These extended repayment periods are earmarked for first-time purchasers of newly-built residences and kick off this August. Here's what mortgage pros need to know:

💡Also in this edition: • The latest from RateLand • The Value Zone (with new fixed-variable research from Desjardins) • Mortgage Bytes Toronto-based mortgage broker 8Twelve Mortgage Corporation has just scored a lucrative long-term revenue-sharing pact with NerdWallet (Nasdaq: NRDS). San Francisco-based NerdWallet is a global financial information juggernaut. In Canada, it competes

When the public thinks about where to get a mortgage, MCAN doesn’t pop up on most radars. However, for status brokers in the know, MCAN is sometimes invaluable for ultra-rate-sensitive insured clients. It also fills some quirky non-prime niches. And then there's its stock. Investors know MCAN