Jordan Smiley - Mortgage Broker

Jordan Smiley || April 15, 2019

Yes, you can be a homeowner

The news is full of negatives about housing market slowdowns, mortgage stress tests that shut millennials out of homeownership, low inventory, a slowing economy – it goes on. Although it may seem...

Jordan Smiley || March 28, 2019

Mortgage Rates Heading Downward

Signs point to lower Canadian mortgage rates this yearJosh ShermanMar 27, 2019142SharesExperts see signs that mortgage interest rates in Canada may continue dropping this year.In a note sent to...

Jordan Smiley || March 22, 2019

Anatomy of mortgage changes

There is little doubt that housing sales have slowed down in the past year, due in large part to stricter mortgage regulations. Part of those regulations is a mortgage stress test that requires...

Jordan Smiley || 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...