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Negative Mortgage Rates in Canada

I had a chat with BNN Bloomberg’s Greg Bonnell Monday about “sub-zero mortgage rates.” A dozen years ago, uttering those words might have branded you a radical. Some would have...

When Porting a Mortgage Goes Wrong

Your mortgage is portable, right? Almost all mainstream lenders claim their mortgages are portable. But portability clauses have more caveats than a prenuptial agreement—so many that people hoping to port...

Your Future Home Price Hinges on Public Perception

If you’re a homeowner, you want your property value to escalate over time. But market fundamentals—those economic factors that drive supply and demand—aren’t alone in determining your home’s worth. There’s...

Don’t Trust Prime Rate

Remember the days of: VCRs Paper maps Beepers Being able to rely on banks lowering prime rate when the Bank of Canada cut its overnight rate? Well, times change. And...

Canadian Rates Plunge to Two-Year Low

President Trump has figured out how to get his way and force more rate cuts out of the Federal Reserve: Create trade panic. Trade wars—exacerbated last week by Trump’s latest...

RateSpy Joins the Kanetix Family

The Spy’s mission to arm Canadians with better rate intelligence took an exciting turn this morning. RateSpy announced that it has joined Kanetix, Canada’s insurance comparison leader. What it means...