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The mortgage industry has seen many changes on lending guidelines in the past five years that has made it tougher for prospective homebuyers to qualify. This summer, there are new mortgage rules heading our way.
The changes are intended to continue with the industry’s recent focus on risk management, as per the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) B-21 guidelines. OSFI is an independent agency of the Government of Canada that has a mandate to contribute to the safety and soundness of the Canadian financial system. It is responsible for supervising and regulating federally registered banks, insurers, trusts and mortgage companies, in addition to private pension plans subject to federal oversight.
Now the CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation) is implementing three policy changes in accordance to OSFI’s B-21 guidelines. These changes will make it harder to get low-ratio insured variable-rate mortgages, mortgages for the self-employed and 100 per cent financing.
The changes are as follows:
The reason why there have been so many mortgage rule changes, and more are on the way, is to ensure that all lenders follow policy and guidelines to include income verification and ratio qualification set up by OSFI. Previously, some lenders have been issuing mortgages without properly obtaining the proof of income. Insurers will be required to do their own due diligence and not only rely on what the lenders are telling them.
In addition, with historic low interest rates, the Government of Canada wants to minimize the risk once interest rates start going up and prevent what happened in the US with mortgage crisis.
While these changes are under way, many lenders have already made these changes on their lending guidelines and policies since last year in order to minimize their exposure and reduce risk. While Genworth and Canada Guaranty haven’t announced changes on the third-party verification, because many lenders have, this will be the new norm in the industry.
The good news is that there are still some lenders out there that haven’t adjusted their policies and will not do so until required to do so on June 30. For this and many other reasons, it is beneficial to use a mortgage expert who works with multiple lenders to find the best mortgage for your unique situation.
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*based on DECEMBER 2014 MLS ®
Your House |
1% |
Typical commission
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Savings |
$ 200,000 |
$ 6,900* |
$ 9,500 |
$ 2,600 |
$ 300,000 |
$ 6,900* |
$ 12,000 |
$ 5,100 |
$ 400,000 |
$ 6,900* |
$ 14,500 |
$ 7,600 |
$ 500,000 |
$ 6,900* |
$ 17,000 |
$ 10,100 |
$ 600,000 |
$ 6,900* |
$ 19,500 |
$ 12,600 |
$ 700,000 |
$ 7,900* |
$ 22,000 |
$ 14,300 |
$ 800,000 |
$ 8,900* |
$ 24,500 |
$ 15,600 |
$ 900,000 |
$ 9,900* |
$ 27,000 |
$ 17,100 |
$ 1,000,000 |
$ 10,900* |
$ 29,500 |
$ 18,600 |
*compared with a broker charging 7% on the first $100,000 and 2.5% on the balance, not all agencies charge the same. |
*based on DECENBER 2014 MLS ®
*based on DECENMER 2014 MLS ®
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Vancouver and BC’s New Home Prices Keep Dropping: StatCan
Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and BC’s resale home markets may be through the roof, but the prices of newly built residences in the province and its two major cities continued their year-over-year decline in March, according to Statistics Canada.
The national statistics organization reported May 14 that both BC as a whole and Vancouver saw 0.5 per cent year-over-year declines in the price of a new home. Victoria posted Canada’s second-largest decline at 1.3 per cent.
Vancouver and Victoria were two of only seven metropolitan regions to report annual drops in new home prices in January, out of a total of 21 areas surveyed.
The index combines both home and land values. As in previous months, the decreases in value were entirely attributed to developers reporting a drop in negotiated home prices, with land values remaining unchanged for several months.
Of all the metropolitan areas surveyed, Hamilton, Ontario recorded the largest annual increase in March, with prices up 3.2 per cent compared with the same month last year. Of the provinces, Ontario posted the biggest new housing price index rise, at 2 per cent.
Across Canada, March’s new housing price index increased 1.2 per cent year over year, and remained flat compared with the previous month – as did BC, Vancouver and Victoria.
To read the full report and view the interactive statistics chart, click here.
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A total of 9,952 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service in April, up 28.7 per cent from the same month last year, according to British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) data released May 14.
Total sales dollar volume was $6.3 billion, a 45.5 per cent increase compared with April 2014. The average MLS residential price in the province rose to $634,744, a 13 per cent increase since last April.
“Last month was the strongest April for home sales in a decade,” said Cameron Muir, BCREA chief economist. “The elevated level of buying activity this spring is now expected to push 2015 home sales to their highest level since 2007.”
“Consumers are taking full advantage of rock-bottom interest rates and are demonstrating significant confidence in the housing market.
“However, dwindling inventories combined with competition for detached homes in the province’s large urban markets is pushing home prices higher.”
During the first four months of 2015, BC residential sales dollar volume rose 37.1 per cent to $19 billion, compared with the same period in 2014. Residential unit sales increased by 24.5 per cent to 30,091 units, and the average MLS residential price rose 10.1 per cent to $631,860.
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