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“Working with Marg has made what can be a complicated process so much easier to handle. Because of Marg I am happy and settled into my new home that I didn’t even expect to have when I started this process. What a delight it’s been to have Marg as my mortgage broker. Thank you Marg!” Ben L.
‘Working with Marg to obtain a mortgage on our house was a smooth and efficient process. Marg treated us like we were her only clients; being quick to respond to questions and consistently helpful. I feel like she got us the best rates around, and helped us obtain a secured line of credit at an amazing rate as well. I wouldn’t need to use any other mortgage broker! Marg is highly knowledgeable and trustworthy at what she does.’
Sarah & Nate
We were incredibly fortunate to have had a chance to work with Marg on our house refinance! She was attentive, clear, and invested in our experience. Any concerns we had about the process were quickly simplified and addressed. Marg made the entire experience as painless as possible and was truly invested in our little family’s wellbeing. I not only would recommend her to other but will be returning to her for any services we may need in the future!
Pamela & Alex
I would highly recommend Marg. I guarantee you will be absolutely thrilled you did. Not only is she excellent at what she does, she is also so thoughtful, understanding and pleasant. She will walk you through everything, explain in detail all your options, remind you when you need to get things done. Marg had all the bases covered and she got me an excellent rate. She always returned all my calls promptly and has given me some solid guidance and for that, I am truly grateful.
Linda
Thank you for your sweet encouragement and supporting us through the smooth and quick process of buying our first home! We appreciate your availability, willingness to connect, and prompt answers to our many questions.
Brad & Natalya
Thank you very much, Marg, for working with us. You are an exceptional listener, you are very knowledgeable, and you are compassionate - helping us to find a solution that works best for us. We look forward to continuing to work with you!
Jaimie & Ruben
Statistics Canada: Familial support in entering the Canadian housing market
Owning a home remains a critical source of wealth accumulation for many Canadian families, with real estate equity representing 42% of overall household wealth in 2023. The link between homeownership and wealth creation is even more pronounced for younger families, with housing assets accounting for nearly half of total wealth. As housing affordability deteriorated, the barriers to homeownership have become increasingly prohibitive, particularly for those without familial support. In 2019, 3 in 10 homeowners reported receiving an inheritance at a median value of $67,000, while 2 in 10 renters received a median value of $33,000. As home values appreciated strongly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic period, so too did inheritances for homeowners. By 2023, the median inheritance Canadian homeowners received had risen to $85,100.
A looming wave of interfamilial wealth transfers is set to occur as baby boomers age, putting those with familial means in a more secure financial situation than those without. A wealth transfer in the form of an inheritance, whether from a living or deceased relative, is just one way many homeowners have benefited from familial support when entering the housing market. Other forms of assistance, such as receiving partial or full downpayment gifts, borrowing from family members rather than a bank, or receiving intergenerational property transfers, are also potentially important forms of familial support and are reported in Statistics Canadas Survey of Financial Security.
Across all age cohorts, 5% of families were living in a home that was acquired in full or in part from a gift or an inheritance, and 9% reported that at least some of the downpayment for their home had been from a gift or an inheritance. When combined with those who borrowed from family and friends rather than a financial institution to purchase their home, the overall share of homeowners who benefited from an inheritance or other types of familial support to enter the housing market rose to 4 in 10.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2025003/article/00001-eng.htm
Scotiabank: Canada’s Poor Productivity a Key Driver of Higher Home Prices
From Scotiabank
HIGHLIGHTS
Canadas housing market has been on a roller coaster ride since the pandemic as reflected by the profile for real private investment in residential structures, housing starts, sales and prices over this period.
Housing affordability worsened significantly over this period with house prices reaching historical highs and mortgage rates increasing with the tightening in monetary policy since early 2022. Indeed, over this 5-year period home ownership affordability pressures have reached degrees like those witnessed in the early 1980s.
Using Scotiabank Economics macro-econometric model of the Canadian and U.S. economies, we estimate that tightening supply constraints in construction from 2019Q3 to 2024Q4reflecting weakening productivity and rising construction material costsand above-normal population growth since 2022 each contributed to raise the benchmark MLS Home Price Index (HPI) a bit more than $50,000 over that 5-year period.
This implies that if supply constraints had not tightened and population growth had stayed near its long-term average, the benchmark MLS HPI would have been slightly below $616,000 instead of the near $719,500 posted for 2024Q4.
Our assessment and results strongly press the need to work on improving productivity to achieve housing affordability. Indeed, reducing bureaucratic burdens will also make housing supply more responsive to demand, thereby reducing price increases for a given rise in demand in the future.
From 2024 to 2026, weaker population growth and uncertainty about trade barriers and their economic impact will reduce demand for homeownership. We forecast housing resale activity will slow in 2025 and 2026, declining from near 483,000 in 2024 to about 459,000 in 2026.
Tight supply constraints will contribute to raise house prices especially in 2026 and mitigate progress on affordability from the past decline in interest rates and robust growth in real income. We expect the MLS House Price Index to rise by 0.4% in 2025 and 7% in 2026 with still-elevated supply constraints and pressure from the existing dwelling shortage.
Of course, this expected profile for housing sales, starts and prices would be weaker if additional tariffs announced by the U.S. turn out more important than assumed in this forecast.
https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/about/economics/economics-publications/post.other-publications.housing.housing-note.housing-note--march-19-2025-.html
CMHC: Core housing need and gender
Canadian Housing Survey shows women are more likely than men to be in core housing need.
Overall, women were more likely to be in core housing need than men.
Women experienced higher rates of core housing need in almost all age groups. However, the disparity was greatest between senior women and senior men over the age of 75.
Racialized women had higher rates of core housing need than non-racialized women.
Women-led, one-parent households had higher rates of core housing need than men-led, one-parent households.
Women living alone not in a census family were more likely to be in core housing need than couples with and without children.
Core housing need highlights the challenges many Canadians face in finding safe, suitable and affordable housing. Core housing need occurs when a household falls short of one or more housing standards adequacy, suitability or affordability and would need to spend 30% or more of its before-tax income to access housing that meets all 3 standards. Core housing need rates are often provided at the household level as the impact is felt by all individuals living in the household.
According to the Canadian Housing Survey, approximately 1.7 million households (11.2%) were assessed to be in core housing need in 2022. This translates to approximately 3.3 million individuals (9.1%).
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/blog/2025/core-housing-need-gender
