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The New Stress Test Could Affect Your Pre-Approval

If you’re among theroughly 1 in 6 conventional borrowers withthe highest debt ratios, OSFI’s new mortgage stress test could keep you from: buying the home youwant (which may be a good thing) renewing at better rates with another lender, or refinancing to lower your debt burden. That’s making hundreds of thousands of borrowers somewhat anxious.It’s why we’re seeing a small...

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