CMHC tightens lending standards to protect housing market during COVID-19 Canadians looking to borrow money for a home purchase a home in for some extra challenges after the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced changes to its lending standards on Thursday. The country’s national housing agency is increasing the qualifying credit score for […]
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Buying a home – Buyer’s guide
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide 1. Start with your credit. Credit reports are kept by the three major credit agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. They show whether you are habitually late with payments and whether you have run into serious credit problems in the past. A credit score is a number calculated […]
