Spring Market Trends, Compliance Updates, and Mortgage Rate Insights
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Spring Market Trends, Compliance Updates, and Mortgage Rate Insights

E313 • May 16, 2025 • 18 mins

In this episode, we begin with a welcome and introduction, followed by a sponsor message from Real Approved Incorporated. We discuss housing starts and spring market trends, providing insights into the current real estate climate. The episode covers a compliance order issued against Razer Capital Corporation and examines how federal debt influences mortgage borrowers. We introduce a new Tarion registration rule impacting homebuyers and analyze the current mortgage rate landscape. The episode wraps up with closing remarks and a reminder of our sponsor.

Key Points

  • The annual pace of housing starts in April surged by thirty percent, indicating a robust uptick in both urban and rural developments.
  • The Canadian spring housing market is shifting, with buyers gaining more leverage as listings increase and properties stay on the market longer.
  • The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario issued a compliance order against Razer Capital Corporation for administering mortgages without a license since 2014, highlighting the critical importance of regulatory compliance.
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