Back in the day, appraisers dealt with only a handful of lenders. Today they deal with dozens. That means appraisers must know far more lender specifications, like how old comparables can be, what sort of comps to use, etc. All these different lender rules boost the chances appraisers will get

Few entities in Canada originate more mortgages than M3 Mortgage Group. Its Founder & CEO Luc Bernard, therefore, knows more than your average bear about running a profitable mortgage operation. With broad industry connections and access to a wealth of data, Luc intimately understands the trends driving Canada's

The Globe published yet another criticism of federal immigration policy today, as it relates to creating housing imbalances (that story). Politicians are about to see far more coverage of this issue as Canadians get fed up with newcomers driving their housing costs higher, let alone taxing health care and education

Institutional traders believe the Bank of Canada is approaching a cul-de-sac on rates. Overnight index swaps price in two full cuts by October and almost one more in December. It wouldn't be the first time this year that markets made this "prediction," so to speak. The