A strong and prudent regulatory regime for residential mortgage underwriting has been approved by OSFI
On January 1st 2018 the revised guidelines for Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures will come into effect. Guideline B-20 now requires the minimum qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages to be the greater of the five-year benchmark rate published by the Bank of Canada or the contractual mortgage rate +2%.
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