Arguably the most talked-about measure of the Liberals' latest federal budget is the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive. Under the plan, the government would help some first-time buyers by advancing up to 10 per cent of the purchase price of a home so they can take out a smaller mortgage and keep monthly payments lower.
The federal government is planning to offer shared-equity mortgages in a bid to help get millennials into homes of their own. So how do they work? For more on this, BNN Bloomberg spoke with Heather Tremain, CEO of Options for Homes.
As the centrepiece of its budget plan to boost home ownership, the Liberal government also launched a new shared equity mortgage plan to benefit first-time buyers with incomes of $120,000 or less, to be administered by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).
The government is earmarking $1.25B over 3 years for something it's calling a 'shared equity mortgage'
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 19, 2019--Options for Homes is delighted with the steps that Budget 2019 takes to address Canada's housing affordability crisis.
Toronto needs to think outside the box — or the condo tower — when it comes to solving its housing challenges. Put another way: "It's time to hack the condo model," says the executive director of the Ryerson City Building Institute.
City needs to implement solutions to housing crunch 'as swiftly as possible,' report says
Homebuyers enticed by new condos, Union Pearson Express
Today, on a beautiful warm September morning, a crowd gathered to witness the first stage in the building of The Humber, an Options For Homes condominium – a symbolic demolition of the existing buildings on the site.
Canadians across the country are closely watching the countdown to the legalization of cannabis this summer, with many businesses clamouring to join the multi-billion dollar pot industry. A Toronto housing developer, however, is bucking the trend by selling the GTA's first "smokeless" condominium.