National Bank : Everything you need to know

National Bank : In the news

• Into the light

  As M3 Mortgage Group moves forward, chairman and CEO Luc Bernard is becoming more visible and more vocal in his mission to make the mortgage broker the consumer’s best ally

• Montreal vis-à-vis Calgary shows the wide variance in Canadian markets

  The nation's strongest housing markets are moderated by the impact of Western Canada

• The national housing market saw muted price growth last month

  Slowdown was mainly due to the tempering influence of Halifax and Winnipeg

• 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