Canada

Canada's mortgage rates are creeping up — even though the country's central bank has slashed borrowing costs to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadians' interest in searching for houses online is waning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to real estate portal Point2 Homes.

Canadian policymakers are escalating their efforts to backstop the nation’s financial system and ensure banks have plenty of room to continue lending through the coronavirus crisis.

Canadian housing starts remained at elevated levels in February, amid strength in the detached-home market.

Toronto home prices surged in February, and sales jumped from a 10-year low, as buyers stampeded back into the market.

Canada's housing market is poised for a hot spring — with lower mortgage rates likely to offset any major drag from the coronavirus.

DBRS Morningstar and Moody’s Investors Service have assigned preliminary ratings to the Classic RMBS Trust, Series 2020-1 transaction sponsored by Home Trust Co.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is relaxing mortgage qualification rules to make it easier for homebuyers to secure financing, a move that could give Canada's real estate market another boost.

Canadian builders began 2020 with a strong rebound in housing starts that is good news for the nation’s increasingly tight real estate markets.

A shrinking supply of available homes for sale in Canada's largest city continued to drive prices higher last month, bringing annual increases to the strongest in more than two years.