This is not what BoC governor Tiff Macklem wanted to see. Canada churned out an estimated 150,000 new jobs in January. That was far more per capita than our southern neighbour's 517,000 print last week, which was stunning in its own right. Today's gains

After 11 harrowing months of rate tightening borrowers finally got the news they'd been waiting for. On January 25, the BoC announced it was indefinitely pausing rate hikes and moving to the sidelines. And make no mistake, this pause was no "transitory" moment. No sir. This

This is the last installment of a 2-part series. The focus is on strategies used by Wowa, one of Canada's fastest growing mortgage sites. Regardless of what you think of rate comparison sites, if you have any mortgage, real estate or other online marketing interest, employing the following

Fixed mortgage rates have run into serious funding cost pressure. Canada's 5-year bond yield and 4-year swap rate were both up another 13 bps Monday. That leaves us about 25+ bps higher following Friday's U.S. employment numbers, which rose by nearly triple Wall Street estimates.