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Robert McLister

Canada, United States

Mortgage Columnist at Financial Post

➤ Mortgage columnist @financialpost ➤ Rate strategist @MtgLogicNews ​​​​ ​ % Daily rate briefs: https://t.co/rj8qrMdoNk ​ 🗞️ Bulletins: https://t.co/bh7wMcDHKS

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  • 3 days ago | mortgagelogic.news | Robert McLister

    Rates on Freeze. BoC "Proceeding Carefully" You don't have access to this post on MortgageLogic.news at the moment, but if you upgrade your account you'll be able to see the whole thing, as well as all the other posts in the archive! Subscribing only takes a few seconds and will give you immediate access.

  • 4 days ago | mortgagelogic.news | Robert McLister

    💡See also: Mortgage Tidbits below. Fresh housing numbers reveal some fairly buyer-friendly fundamentals:National benchmark home prices are 18% off their peakWeekly paycheques have climbed 18% in 48 monthsMortgage insurance rules are their loosest in years, and Mortgage rates are flirting with three-year lows. Mortgage affordability is suddenly on a hot streak, with #GDS# ratios crashing to a 52-month low, according to MLN's calculations.

  • 5 days ago | mortgagelogic.news | Robert McLister

    Three-Year Fixed Barely Beats the Rest You don't have access to this post on MortgageLogic.news at the moment, but if you upgrade your account you'll be able to see the whole thing, as well as all the other posts in the archive! Subscribing only takes a few seconds and will give you immediate access.

  • 6 days ago | mortgagelogic.news | Robert McLister

    Last month, Japan's long-bond yields soared to unprecedented heights before temporarily retracing. Probably over 90% of Canadian mortgagors didn't even think twice about it, or once, for that matter. Yet, Japan's debt challenges—while more extreme than most—mirror a global shift in the US$80 trillion government bond market. It may be setting up a future domino reaction that could be heading straight for everyone's wallets, Canadians included.

  • 1 week ago | mortgagelogic.news | Robert McLister

    Canadian mortgage rates aren't just moved by domestic inflation but by U.S. inflation too, especially by the Fed's favourite core PCE measure.

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Rob McLister
Rob McLister @RobMcLister
6 May 25

Insightful chart by @HanifBayat & BNN. Globally, extreme unaffordability peaks avg 10-20 years apart. Ottawa's immigration and supply responses will make it harder to break Canada's 2022 peak, especially if mortgage rates don't re-approach the zero-lower bound for many years. https://t.co/3tHpsowCjL

Hanif Bayat
Hanif Bayat @HanifBayat

📺 BNN Bloomberg Interview: When and how did 🇨🇦 housing become unaffordable? • 🇨🇦 Home price-to-disposable income ratio> 9 since 2009 • 🇺🇸🇬🇧 It’s never exceeded 9 in past 50 yrs 🎥 Find out: https://t.co/UcYZpcHJED ------------------------ Provided by

Rob McLister
Rob McLister @RobMcLister
16 Apr 25

It was a coinflip call for the Bank of Canada, and the coin landed on hold. https://t.co/PtNgN4UAhi The benchmark prime rate stays at 4.95%. https://t.co/GSoMgQbgeA

Rob McLister
Rob McLister @RobMcLister
9 Apr 25

Canada's 5yr yield just made a 6-week high as Trump pauses high tariffs for 90 days. Most countries fall to 10%, but he hiked tariffs on China to 125%. As always, folks need to lock down rate holds once they decide to get a mortgage. Times like these are a case in point on why. https://t.co/L6bnI0kVnd