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    Canada’s mortgage market might be a cesspool, the federal government just warned

    Opinion: A report quietly released by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada warns mortgage specialists are incentivized to sell mortgages that yield higher commissions, with insufficient oversight

    Here’s how Canadians could walk away from their homes if house prices fall

    Opinion: When the U.S. housing market crashed many Americans simply abandoned their mortgages. Think that couldn’t happen here? Guess again.

    Has ‘fixing’ Canada’s mortgage market made it riskier?

    Tighter lending rules will send borrowers into the arms of ‘alternative lenders,’ posing a whole new set of hazards

    ‘Tis the season: Indebted Canadians pull out the plastic

    Canadians are among the world’s biggest users of credit cards. We make even Americans look prudent.

    The barren wasteland of Canadian statistics

    The government uses Kijiji postings for labour data. Statistics in Canada are a disgrace.

    The shadow banking sector has been feasting on government-insured mortgages

    Danger lurking in the shadows?

    Canadians look south at home loan heaven

    Another way Americans get better deals: cheap, flexible, 30-year mortgages

    Canadians look south at home loan heaven

    Jim Flaherty saves us from ourselves

    The Finance Minister plays mortgage broker

    INFOGRAPHIC: Canadians and their mortgages

    Nine per cent of potential home buyers no longer qualify for a mortgage under the new rules

    Canada’s housing market: is it a cooling? Is it a crash?

    Here’s a guide to bullish and bearish arguments

    Flaherty wants to privatize the CMHC

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    Jim Flaherty vs. Mortgage amortization

    In October 2008, the Harper government reduced the maximum mortgage amortization from 40 years to 35 years. In January 2011, Jim Flaherty reduced it to 30 years. Today, the Finance Minister reduced it to 25 years.