News by subject: MORTGAGES, MORTGAGE RATE

Seniors, low-income homeowners, and people with disabilities in Nova Scotia will be able to remain in their homes longer thanks to improvements to existing home repair and adaptation programs. The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are investing...

AAFMAA Mortgage Services offers the first construction to permanent loan from America's military mortgage company, filling a large void left by many of the nations' top banks, according to Andy May, COO of AAFMAA Mortgage Services.Many military...

Seniors and people with disabilities living on low-to moderate-incomes will soon have increased access to affordable housing in Parksville, with construction underway of Kingsley Manor. The redevelopment will provide 28 units of safe and...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for new affordable rental homes in Cambridge. A 34-unit apartment complex will be built at 175 Hespeler Road to give residents of Cambridge a safe, affordable place to call home. Bryan May, Member of...

Beginning in March 2017, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will change how it uses news releases to report monthly housing starts.  To date, CMHC has produced and disseminated a news release for each housing market reporting monthly...

Beginning in March 2017, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will change how it uses news releases to report monthly housing starts.  To date, CMHC has produced and disseminated a news release for each housing market reporting monthly...

Beginning in March 2017, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will change how it uses news releases to report monthly housing starts.  To date, CMHC has produced and disseminated a news release for each housing market reporting monthly...

The federal and provincial governments are proud to help fund new affordable rental homes for women in the Ottawa area. Cornerstone Housing for Women will use funding from the Investment in Affordable Housing to build a 42-unit facility at...

The Honourable Robert Wanner, the Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly and MLA for Medicine Hat along with a representative from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, will participate in a funding announcement for renovations and repairs to...

Housing starts in Halifax, Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 2,610 units in January 2017 compared to 2,653 in December 2016 according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the...

Housing starts in Prince Edward Island's urban areas were trending at 429 units in January 2017 compared to 390 in December 2016 according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Gatineau area were trending at 1,846 units in January, 2,129 compared to in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual...

Housing starts in the Regina Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 1,771 units in January compared to 1,898 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Sherbrooke census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 1,347 units in January, compared with 1,104 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the...

Housing starts in Quebec were trending at 33,006 units in January, compared to 32,175 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual...

Housing starts in the Guelph Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending slightly up at 729 units in January compared to 700 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of...

Housing starts in Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending down at 3,617 units in January compared to 3,833 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the...

Housing starts in the Montréal census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 19,822 units in January compared to 20,403 in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 431 units in January compared to 464 units in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Winnipeg Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 4,802 units in January compared to 4,513 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 199,834 units in January compared to 197,881 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual...

Housing starts in the Saguenay census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 497 units in January, compared to 505 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Québec census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 4,778 units in January, compared to 5,265 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 9,585 units in January 2017 compared to 9,926 in December of 2016, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of...

Housing starts in St. John's, Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 846 units in January compared to 889 in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Calgary Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 9,413 units in January compared to 10,563 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Trois-Rivières census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 874 units in January compared to 815 in December according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Ontario region were trending at 75,025 units in January, up from 71,268 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted...

Housing starts in the Saskatoon Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 1,749 units in January compared to 1,912 in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending up at 4,634 units in January compared to 5,211 units in December, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month...

The Honourable Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Minister of Social Services and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, and a representative from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, will celebrate the official opening of a new affordable...

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is reporting strong overall evidence of problematic housing market conditions nationally for the second consecutive quarter due to overvaluation and price acceleration in Canada's housing markets. This...

Increasing home prices in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are having a spillover effect in surrounding centres, particularly those within commuting distance. This analysis is part of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) latest Housing...

Ms. Yvonne Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and Member of Parliament for Labrador, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister...

A 92-unit affordable housing complex has officially opened its doors in the Transcona neighbourhood of Winnipeg, with a unique design that creates welcoming homes for families and opportunities for seniors to live independently with their loved ones...

ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation's largest fused property database, today released an analysis that found that borrowers across the country could potentially save an average of $446 a year under the new mortgage insurance premium reduction...

In the press release issued this morning at 8:30 am ET, the contact information contained an incorrect phone number. The complete and corrected release follows. CMHC is increasing its homeowner mortgage loan insurance premiums effective March...

CMHC is increasing its homeowner mortgage loan insurance premiums effective March 17, 2017. For the average CMHC-insured homebuyer, the higher premium will result in an increase of approximately $5 to their monthly mortgage payment. "We do...

CMHC will announce the results of its regular review of homeowner mortgage loan insurance premiums on Tuesday, January 17 at 8:30 am (EST). Details will be available in a news release published to CMHC's newsroom at the time of the...

Colin Fraser, Member of Parliament for West Nova on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, along with the Honourable Zach Churchill, member of the Legislative Assembly MLA for Yarmouth, on...

The Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia, along with community partners, celebrated the opening of eight units of affordable housing in Whitney Pier today. The project, operated by Share, Support and Recovery Inc., provides affordable rental housing...

The Honourable Mark Eyking, Member of Parliament for Sydney - Victoria on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, along with the Derek Mombourquette, member of the Legislative Assembly MLA for...

Housing starts in Brantford Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 337 units in December compared to 332 units in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the St. Catharines-Niagara Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending slightly lower at 1,866 units in December compared to 2,011 in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month...

Housing starts in the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 462 units in December compared to 444 units in November according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in British Columbia's urban areas were trending at 37,637 units in December compared to 39,123 units in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Guelph Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending down at 703 units in December compared to 961 units in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the...

Housing starts in the Gatineau area were trending at 2,110 units in December, compared to 1,890 in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted...

Housing starts in St. John's, Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 891 units in December compared to 888 in November according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly...

Housing starts in the Saguenay census metropolitan area (CMA) were trending at 498 units in December, compared to 447 in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly...