The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in Canada rose to 252,300 units in March from 242,500 units in February, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp."Despite the rise in multiple starts in March, single starts decreased for a second consecutive month, suggesting that the pace of new home starts will begin to pull back," said Bob Dugan, chief economist at CMHC. The corporation can be found online at http://www.cmhc.ca.
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The nonpayment rate for non-qualified mortgages is up 21 basis points from February and 134 basis points from March 2023, Morningstar DBRS said.
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The government mortgage-bond guarantor will require additional information on foreclosure prevention actions, and retire some forbearance reporting.
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But views are split, at least in the near-term on whether rising mortgage rates are holding back the Spring home purchase season.
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The top five producers had an average dollar volume of FHA loans of more than $50 million in 2023.
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The tool will provide helpful HELOC-related information to customer support staff to streamline the application process, Figure said Thursday.
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The five states with the lowest property taxes have an average effective real-estate tax rate of 0.44%.
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