AGENT LICENSE ID
10288
BROKERAGE LICENSE ID
10288
Robert A. (Bob) Gascon
Mortgage Broker
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10 Front Street South, Mississauga, Ontario
Welcome to Redwood Mortgage!
We offer mortgage services and consulting work regarding lenders, origination, lending practices, mortgage underwriting, and compliance. Our specialties include all aspects of residential first and second mortgages as well as commercial mortgages, origination, the mortgage process real estate and lending.
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The Redwood/Raven Reporter
Hello Everyone,
I hope this message finds you well, and 2017 has you off to a good start.
Redwood has been in the business for 28 fun years. This year will be a year of exciting change. The Leafs in the playoffs, the boat in the water, a new corporatedirection, summer weather, the knowledge that my transmission is good for another 200,000K KMs (as the last one exploded in rush hour traffic on the 401), and my daughter getting married.
I would like to announce that Redwood Mortgage will become a licensee of Verico, Canadas largest mortgage network. The lending landscape is changing rapidly, and now is the time to align ourselves with Canadas largest network of mortgage professionals. The Your brand, Your way network system will allow Redwood Mortgage to have access to innovative tools, support devices, industry leading technology and lender accessibility. Some of the large advantages are electronic document storage and an increase in the number of lenders, which leads to moreproducts for you.
Raven Financial Services (Redwoods sister company), will remain totally independent, as previously mentioned Raven specializes in the management of private mortgage portfolios. Raven has doubled in size in the first quarter of 2017. Fly Raven fly!
I would also like to take the opportunity to announce our Marketing Manager and Executive Assistant Natalia Chavez as part of our team. Natalia will be responsible for managing and executing all Marketing projects for Redwood Mortgage and Raven Financial Services. She will also be announcing new exciting news and updates on both Redwood Mortgage Corporation and Raven Financial Services. Natalia will bring a very new approach to our brand with her outstanding skills and extensive knowledge on Digital Marketing.
Lastly, if you want to talk about a mortgage, or refer a friend/family member, or talk about anything really please do not hesitate to call, and I mean this sincerely. Pick up the phone, drop in or send me and e-mail. It is perfectly okay. You know I am a person who loves to get letters in the mail, meet people and talk on the phone.
Cheers!
Robert A. (Bob) Gascon
Mortgage Broker/Administrator
Redwood Mortgage Corporation FSCO #10288
Direct 416-410-3123
rgascon@redwoodmortgage.ca
www.redwoodmortgage.ca
Similar Housing Demand Conditions in Canada and US
Housing markets in Canada and the US are sizzling. Recent headlines have used superlatives to describe housing market conditions in both countries and the data do back this up. Still, a closer look reveals some interesting distinctions as well. Home price and sales metrics show that while the US market is hot, Canadas is hotter. For example, existing home sales, which make up the majority of overall sales in both countries, is well above historical averages, but Canadian home sales have outperformed. As of March 2021, home sales in Canada were 75% higher than the average over 2018 and 2019, while it was 13% above in the US. Likewise, home prices also spiked. In Canada, the average home sold was 32% more expensive than what it was a year ago, and it was 17% higher stateside.
From a high level, the list of commonalties across markets during the pandemic is longer than the areas of difference, particularly on the demand side. Perhaps the most influential demand-side driver has been historically low mortgage rates. Responding to the impacts of the pandemic, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve slashed rates and enacted large quantitative easing programs early last year, resulting in a sharp drop in borrowing costs. Given that the US conventional mortgage rate is a 30-year rate compared to Canadas 5-year benchmark, borrowing costs fell faster in America as flight to safety flows lowered longer term yields at the onset of the pandemic.
Source:https://economics.td.com/housing-heat-check
CANADA HOUSING MARKET and new stress test
Canadian home sales took a turn in April 2021, declining by 12.5% (sa m/m) from the highest level on record in March 2021. Listings followed suit, falling by 5.4% (sa m/m). While both sales and listings decreased in April, the smaller decline in listings further eased the national-level sales-to-new listings to 75.2% from record high readings earlier this year (the highest being 91% in January). While this is a move in the right direction towards a better supply-demand balance, the ratio is still significantly higher than its long-term average of 54.5%. As a result of this persistent tightness in the housing market, the composite MLS Home Price Index (HPI) rose by 2.4% (sa m/m). This is a deceleration in price gains from paces observed over the last two months, owing in the most part to a slowing in prices for single-family homes and townhouses. Apartments, which had remained relatively close to pre-pandemic levels before accelerating earlier this year have maintained momentum in April.
Movements in the housing market this month continued to be broad-based rather than market-specific, as declines in sales were spread out across much of the country.
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) also announced that, effective June 1, the minimum qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages (i.e., residential mortgages with a down payment of 20 percent or more) will be the greater of the mortgage contract rate plus 2 percent or 5.25 percent.
