Phil Hall

Phil Hall

Phil Hall is the news editor of Mortgage Professional AmericaMortgage Broker News and Canadian Mortgage Professional.

Phil has more than three decades of financial journalism experience and has extensively covered both the residential and commercial real estate industries. When he is not writing about the financial services world, Phil hosts “The Online Movie Show” podcast on SoundCloud and has appeared as an actor in low-budget horror movies.

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Bank of Canada enacts another overnight rate cut

Central bank introduces two programmes to strengthen economy in the wake of COVID-19

Bank of Canada enacts another overnight rate cut

RBC sued by REIT over CMBS margin calls

Lender accused of trying to "unlawfully seize and unload a large portfolio of plaintiffs' assets"

RBC sued by REIT over CMBS margin calls

Trudeau announces new emergency programme for workers who lost work from COVID-19

Canada Emergency Response Benefit replaces two previously announced programmes

Trudeau announces new emergency programme for workers who lost work from COVID-19

Luxury housing sales up in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal for January and February

New data from Sotheby's points to a strong foundation in three key markets

Luxury housing sales up in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal for January and February

Can social distancing sink the GDP by 1.1%?

Conference Board of Canada forecast also points to cooling down of real estate market

Can social distancing sink the GDP by 1.1%?

Calls intensify for freeze on housing costs

Ontario and BC announce eviction moratorium, but federal government does not follow

Calls intensify for freeze on housing costs

BCREA predicts rising home sales and prices in late summer

Forecast is contingent on resolving the COVID-19 pandemic

BCREA predicts rising home sales and prices in late summer

February home prices up 0.4%

Seven out of 11 major metropolitan markets recorded increases

February home prices up 0.4%

Trudeau unveils $82 billion COVID-19 stimulus

No specific proposal related to mortgages was included in the package

Trudeau unveils $82 billion COVID-19 stimulus

100 Brokers Who Care brings philanthropic support to Canadians in need

Mortgage professionals team up for quarterly financial donations to struggling households and fundraising causes

100 Brokers Who Care brings philanthropic support to Canadians in need