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“Liars Loans” are Back…but with a Twist

“Liars Loans” are Back…but with a Twist Most of you will be intimately familiar with the roll “liars loans” played in last decade’s financial crisis. In a nutshell, these were loans in which the borrower was encouraged to lie about his or her income in order to qualify for a mortgage they couldn’t actually handle. […]

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Home Capital scandal may presage a slowdown: Don Pittis

Home Capital scandal may presage a slowdown: Don Pittis Is false income data a symptom of an industry that has run its course? Could the scandal at Home Capital just be the beginning? The Canadian alternative mortgage company halted its shares after it was revealed that some of its brokers had been falsifying information on the income of […]

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Liar Loans Pop up in Canada’s Magnificent Housing Bubble

Liar Loans Pop up in Canada’s Magnificent Housing Bubble For a long time, the conservative mortgage lending standards in Canada, including a slew of new ones since 2008, have been touted as one of the reasons why Canada’s magnificent housing bubble, when it implodes, will not take down the financial system, unlike the US housing […]

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