Finance

Federal government also launching alternative shared-equity mortgage funding scheme

Fraudulent schemes lure investors with false promise of huge tax write-offs – and those who invest could face prosecution

Survey released as TD economists tell clients that the government should consider relaxing mortgage qualification rules

Variable rates to hold steady but fixed rate mortgages likely to drop, according to B.C. Real Estate Association

Measures such as mortgage stress test are “at cross purposes” with federal promises to support the middle class, asserts Mortgage Professionals of Canada

Measure has already done its job of cooling housing market, and rising interest rates means it’s going too far, argue builders

The rationalizing of a goodwill premium by the seller and the buyer of a business requires careful consideration

Lenders would have direct access to an applicant’s tax data for the first time in Canada

Vehicles like investment syndicates and limited partnerships have delivered substantial real estate yields to participants, with minimum buy-ins from $25,000

Potential returns can top 10 per cent, but there is often a good reason the borrower can’t get loans from a conventional bank