16.4.0
Updates
Finalized December 15 Rules in all tools. This means that all tools have...
- The increased insured cap to $1,500,000
- The 30-year insured mortgages for first-time buyers and newly built properties
- The minimum down payment for the new insured cap
Pre-Qualification tool will also consider 30-year insured mortgages for First-time home buyers and Newly built properties.
16.3.2
New Features
- Introducing Reverse Mortgage mode in the Mortgage Calculator. If you are taking a HECM (Home Equity Conversion Mortgage), aka Reverse Mortgage, and are interested in knowing what your mortgage balance would be at the end of the term. Check out the Mortgage Calculator's new Reverse Mortgage mode.
- Launch the Mortgage Calculator
- Tap on the Results Section (top area)
- Change it to Reverse Mortgage
- Add the initial balance and rate and view your end-of-term balance
- The Pre-Qualification tool now asks whether you want to buy a newly built property. Why would that matter? This is because, in some provinces, newly built homes may be eligible for an additional property/land transfer tax rebate.
16.2.1
New Features
- Introducing the ability to set the First Payment Date in the Mortgage Calculator, allowing you to see the Amortization schedule more accurately with the correct payment dates over the term or the life of the mortgage.
- You can now view the Compounding Periods for each Rate by looking at the Rate Details. Tap the Rate card in the Rates screen to view more details for each Rate.
Fixes
- Fixed a bug that incorrectly calculates the interest paid for semi-monthly payment frequency in the Mortgage Calculator.
- Fixed a bug that prevents "Securitized Debts" from being added to new mortgage balances when consolidated in the Refinance Analyzer.
16.1.0
Check out what's new
Alberta Transfer Tax Updates
Fees for both mortgages and transfers will now be $50 + $5 per $5,000 of value. If you live in Alberta, go to the Land Transfer Tax Calculator and calculate your new title registration fees.
Payment dates in the Amortization Schedule
All Amortization Schedules on the app now show dates for each payment. This is the most accurate amortization schedule in any Canadian mortgage app. You can predict the exact date for each payment, no matter how long your mortgage is or what payment frequency you choose. To see it, open the Mortgage Calculator and tap "View Schedule."
Consolidate Debts with 0% interest.
The Refinance Analyzer can now help you consolidate debts that have $0 payments (0% interest). This means you can also show such debts in the report.
Lender Incentive in the Refinance Analyzer
The Refinance Analyzer also has a new Lender Incentives input field that can be used to add cash incentives that some lenders offer when switching to them. This feature will offset the penalty and fees when calculating the savings with a refinance.
Updates to PREQ2 Push Message
Other fixes and enhancements include unredacted PREQ2 leads for mortgage brokers. Mortgage Brokers who have upgraded to PREQ2 can now enjoy an unredacted version of the information provided in the push message.
16.0.4
Updated Pre-Qual Tool
The PREQ2 tool has been updated with a new switch that enables the Dec 15, 2024 rules. This switch will let you see the impact before the new rules become effective.
16.0.3
Technical Update
This version includes a technical update to the Dec 15, 2024 mortgage reforms.
- The price cap for insured mortgages will be increased from $1 million to $1.5 million.
- Eligibility of 30-year mortgage amortizations to all first-time homebuyers and buyers of new builds
16.0.0
New Rules … New Features
The Canadian Government announced that effective December 15, 2024, two mortgage reforms will take effect.
- Increased insured cap to $1.5M
The price cap for insured mortgages will be increased from $1 million to $1.5 million to help more Canadians qualify for a mortgage with a downpayment below 20 percent. - 30-year insured mortgages
Eligibility of 30-year mortgage amortizations to all first-time homebuyers and buyers of new builds.
As a result, we have added a mechanism to enable the new rules and calculate the impact of these reforms when they become a reality.
Enable new rules in the Purchase Calculator.
In the Purchase Calculator, tap the new menu bar and “Enable December 15, 2024 Rules”
To calculate the premiums, we are assuming that all insurers will follow CMHC's standard premiums with the additional surcharge of 0.20% for 30-year amortization as introduced on August 1, 2024
Calculate the Minimum Down Payment
The new button will calculate the minimum required down payment for the purchase price you entered.
With the new button, you can now calculate the minimum required down payment based on the purchase price you enter. If you have enabled the new Dec 15, 2024 rules, you can see the minimum down payment for 30-year insured mortgages for first-time home buyers. This feature is only available in the Purchase Calculator. Since the guidelines for minimum down payment have not yet been modified, we assume that it will follow the standard slide scale of 5% of the first $500,000 and 10% for the balance up to $1,500,000.
Add Mortgage Insurance
When a scenario is insurable, meaning you have more than 20% down payment and the purchase price is less than $1M, you can now make it insured by adding mortgage default insurance.
When you encounter an insurable scenario, you can add Mortgage Default Insurance with just a tap of a button. Also, as of Dec 15, 2024, a first-time home buyer with greater than 20% downpayment on a 30-year mortgage with a property of $1,499,999 or less may also be considered insurable. Hence, the Add Mortgage Insurance feature will work with this assumption.
Estimate Property Taxes
We have aggregated property tax rates for more than 100 municipalities in Canada.
This feature will let you estimate property taxes if you don't have the property details available but would still like to estimate the total monthly cost accurately.
This feature allows you to estimate property taxes for more than 100 municipalities in Canada based on municipally specific property tax rates.