Canada Mortgage And Housing Corp

• Development fee cuts alone won’t solve housing affordability crisis: CMHC

  The federal government is spending billions of dollars to encourage municipalities to cut development fees in half to boost housing supply and improve affordability.

  Consumer

  Jun 3
  
• Canada’s homebuilding pace ramps up — but here’s where arrears risk grew

  The CMHC said the seasonally adjusted annual rate for total housing starts was up by about eight per cent. But not all areas saw the same increases, and arrears risks are rising.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2024
  
• Advertisement
• 2.2M mortgage holders will face ‘interest rate shock’ in next 2 years: CMHC

  While overall mortgage delinquencies are holding steady, there's been an uptick of mortgages in arrears among the highest value loans, the CMHC reports.

  Money

  Nov 9, 2023
• Advertisement
• Foreign buyer ban was expected to impact 2% of home purchases, CMHC docs show

  Records from Canada's housing agency show bureaucrats expected a muted impact from the foreign buyer ban and prepped to receive 'tough questions' about it from the public.

  Politics

  Nov 9, 2023
• Single-family housing starts picked up pace amid overall slowdown in August

  Canadian homebuilders slowed the pace of housing starts in August, according to the CMHC, particularly among multi-unit builds in urban areas.

  Economy

  Sep 18, 2023
• Should Ottawa build homes again? ‘Conversations’ happening, minister says

  The path to filling Canada's housing supply gap might see the federal government take a more active role in building homes, the federal housing minister hinted on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2023
• Canada doesn’t have enough homes to own. Renters will pay the price

  A new housing outlook from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. shows that as homeownership remains out of reach for many, renters will face higher costs.

  Money

  Apr 27, 2023
• High interest rates are slowing homebuilding, but the worst is yet to come

  The pace of Canadian homebuilding is slowing from its pandemic highs under the weight of higher interest rates, a new report shows.

  Money

  Apr 19, 2023
• Advertisement
• Annual pace of housing starts in Canada slowed in October, CMHC says

  The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in October was 267,055 units, down 11 per cent from 298,811 units in September.

  Economy

  Nov 16, 2022
• Advertisement
• CMHC sees a steeper home price decline next year than first thought. Here’s why

  The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. expects home prices will drop 14 per cent in 2023 from the peak earlier this year as it expects the economy to hit a recession.

  Economy

  Oct 13, 2022