This Week’s Top Stories: Fitch Warns Canada Faces Credit Downgrade, & Low Scrutiny Mortgages

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Fitch Warns [...]

Fitch Warns Canada of Credit Downgrade—That’s Bad News For Mortgages

Canada’s latest budget could cost households more than just higher taxes. Fitch Ratings warns Canada’s [...]

Canadian Employment Is So Strong That People Are Getting Two Jobs

Canada’s job market showed surprising growth last month, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan). The agency’s [...]

Canada Cuts Borrowing Despite Bigger Deficit—Here’s What They’re Hiding

The Government of Canada (GoC) surprised investors this week with a budget that pairs soaring [...]

Vancouver Real Estate Prices Slide As Inventory Hits 13-Year High

Vancouver real estate prices have been resilient, but they may have just run out of [...]

Toronto Real Estate Prices Slip Further, Weak Sales Meet Record Inventory

Greater Toronto real estate shattered hopes of a turnaround. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) [...]

Canada’s Rich Haven’t Relied This Little On Work Since The 1980s

Canadians earned less last year—but not across the board. New taxfiler data from Statistics Canada [...]

Canada’s Low-Scrutiny Immigrant Mortgages Rebrand Risk As Inclusion

Canada’s recent real estate boom—and bust—was followed by an immigration surge charting a similar trajectory. [...]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canada Shifts Real Estate Risk To First-Time Buyers, & Mortgage Arrears Rise

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Uses [...]

Canada’s Mortgage Arrears Are Now Growing Faster Than The ’90s

Canada’s banks aren’t worried about mortgage arrears—but should they be? The arrears rate climbed again [...]