Renewing with your current lender is often straightforward, even if you are self-employed, but things change quickly if you want to refinance, switch lenders, or add someone to your mortgage

Nick Leswick, who has served as the executive director of policy at the Bank of Canada since the start of 2024, is returning to the Department of Finance as deputy minister. 

Canadian retail sales surged in November after posting a small decline the previous month, suggesting consumption rebounded modestly in the fourth quarter.

Canada’s financial regulator left capital requirements unchanged for the country’s largest banks, pointing out that the lenders are sitting on a combined $60 billion in excess capital that could be deployed to boost economic activity. 

By Darryl Greer Downtown Eastside resident Brian O’Donnell lives in a single-room occupancy hotel in Chinatown, although he says it’s not really a home. “It’s livable,” said O’Donnell, who added that he felt like a “house mother” to fellow tenants. “...

Former Community Trust executive joins as VP and chief credit officer as the lender accelerates its push to become a national alt-A challenger.

By Laura Dhillon Kane and Erik Hertzberg (Bloomberg) — Canada’s population fell by 0.2% in the third quarter to stand at 41.6 million, marking the only quarterly decline on record outside the COVID-19 era and a dramatic shift from explosive post-pand...

For many mortgage brokers, January is the busiest month of the year.

By Michael Sasso (Bloomberg) — Confidence among U.S. homebuilders edged up in December as builders continued to deploy sales incentives to motivate buyers. An index of market conditions from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo r...

Inflation in Canada held steady last month while core measures broadly cooled, as accelerating price increases for food and some other goods were offset by slowing services price growth.