Meghan Dodds - Mortgage Broker

Meghan Dodds || March 15, 2019

The Canadian economy and the housing market

We are living in strange times, economically speaking. Mortgage stress tests have slowed the housing market and may be one of the reasons the Bank of Canada has signaled it may pause on increasing...

Meghan Dodds || December 06, 2018

The Upside of Alternative and/or Unregulated Lenders

A recent report from the Bank of Canada reviewed the impact of the government's policy changes on the mortgage market. It found that overall market activity had slowed -- something we knew would...

Meghan Dodds || October 17, 2017

OSFI Finalizes New Mortgage Rules, Includes Stress Test For Uninsured Borrowers

Today, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released revised guidelines for the mortgage industry, similar to the draft version released earlier this summer. These ...

Meghan Dodds || January 18, 2017

Canada set to grow in different ways

The Canadian economy is poised to grow again, but in a very different way according to the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) recently-released Monetary Policy Report. The BoC expects global economic growth to...