The marketing prowess of Canadian banks is legendary, akin in many ways to the dominance of Amazon in online shopping. And nowhere is that more evident than on Google. Consider the search volume of Canada's biggest bank by assets, RBC. When you compare it to America's

💡See also: • This Week in Rateland • The Value Zone At last, the fog has lifted. We now know our bank regulator's stance regarding whether federally regulated mortgage investors, also known as bank dealers or "aggregators," can purchase non-stress-tested uninsured switches from non-federally regulated lenders. This revelation

💡The latest Amortization Simulator is now live, complete with the market's latest forward rate outlook. (Download here) As we approach the biggest mortgage renewal cycle ever, brokers are starting to question OSFI's recent stress test exemption on uninsured switches. It's looking suspiciously like a