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National Bank : In the news

• M3 to flex its muscles in the year ahead

  M3 continues to fight inertia in their quest to make the mortgage broker the best customer ally—and consolidation is only one way

• Population boom masks lingering productivity concerns in Canada

  Boom is bolstering housing markets but masking deeper economic problems

• Stricter rules integral to overall housing market stability – CMHC

  Any revisions to the mortgage qualification rules might prove premature, and even disastrous

• Revising B-20 at the moment would be too hasty – NBC CEO

  This is especially because the effects of the regulatory regime have not been uniform

• Vancouver housing sales accelerate in September

  The market is steadily moving towards more balanced conditions

• Vancouver prices suffer decline while much of Canada goes up

  Over the past few months, the market’s housing prices have crept down

• Trump ups interest rate pressure on Fed

  The president has repeatedly blamed the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates too steeply in 2018

• Vancouver home buyers labouring under severe unaffordability

  This has spurred the significant level of popularity that the market’s rental assets enjoy

• BoC does not need a rate cut at this point – National Bank

  The Canadian economy is performing well above the standard of the world’s developed economies

• Mortgage lending fuels growth at Big Six bank

  A strong third quarter drove 7% growth, beating expectations in the process.