Canada

Genworth Financial's efforts to advance its sale to China Oceanwide hit a roadblock as bondholders did not respond to a consent solicitation for easing a possible Canadian mortgage insurance unit sale.

Canadian housing starts fell last month, led mostly by a drop in construction of semi-detached, row houses and apartments.

Renewed momentum in Canada's housing market is buoying consumer optimism.

Toronto home sales and prices continued to move higher in July amid tight supply.

Equitable Group Inc. and Home Capital Group Inc. are reaping a windfall from Canada's tighter mortgage regulations.

The oft-delayed sale of Genworth Financial might need new approvals from U.S. insurance regulators if and when it disposes of its Canadian mortgage insurance stake.

Toronto home sales jumped again in June, nudging prices higher and narrowing affordable options for buyers.

Genworth Financial is marketing its stake in Genworth MI Canada in a possible last-ditch effort to save the long-delayed proposed acquisition by China Oceanwide.

Canadian home sales activity continued to rebound last month, suggesting the nation's housing market is improving after a sluggish start to the year.

Toronto's housing market came storming back in May as sales in Canada's biggest city soared 19% from the same month a year earlier.

Toronto's housing market entered the busy spring property season with a bang, as sales surged 17% in April compared with a year earlier and prices also pushed higher.

Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have seen the biggest net inflow of millennials in 12 years, a key reason demand for housing is expected to remain strong, despite spiraling costs, according to Royal Bank of Canada.

Quicken Loans parent company Rock Holdings is strengthening its investments in the Canadian market by acquiring a majority stake in Lendesk, a Vancouver-based mortgage fintech.

Canadian home sales and prices rebounded in March from a dismal showing a month earlier, but remained below historical averages.

Canada housing starts rebounded in March from a sluggish performance a month earlier, returning to levels more in line with demographics and highlighting the buoyancy of the nation's battered real estate market.

Home sales are dropping in Vancouver as listings rise, with the local real estate board blaming policy changes for restricting potential buyers.

Canada's housing agency will spend up to C$1.25 billion ($943 million) over three years to take equity positions in homes bought by first-time buyers, part of a plan by Justin Trudeau's government to make housing more affordable for the youngest voters.

A top official at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions defended tougher underwriting rules blamed recently for a slump in the nation’s housing market, but left open the possibility that regulations could ease if conditions change.

Mortgage growth has shrunk to a 17-year low in Canada, increasing pressure on the country's big banks to find business elsewhere.

After years of frenzied price increases, sales of new homes in Canada's biggest city sunk to the lowest in almost two decades in 2018 and the supply of unsold condos piled up.