Tighter Rules Coming for CMHC Mortgage Insurance

Last week, CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) announced that effective July 1, 2020 it will be tightening the rules for high ratio mortgage qualification. Specifically, the following 3 changes will come into effect: The maximum allowed Gross Debt Servicing (GDS) and Total Debt Servicing (TDS) ratios will be reduced to 35% (from 39%) and 42% (from 44%), respectively. At… Read More »

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