Buying

Canada Mortgage
and Housing Corporation

Homebuying Step by Step

Everything you need to buy a home in Canada.
Condominium Buyer's Guide

This Guide will give you the basic background information you need to figure out if condominium ownership is really for you. It will identify key questions to ask — and the people you should be asking — before you make this important purchase
Financial Information and Calculators

Mortgage information, homebuying calculators and government programs for buyers.
Seniors Housing

Housing and financial information for people aged 55 and over.
Newcomers

Housing Information for newcomers to Canada.
Mortgage Loan Insurance for Consumers

Costs, qualification requirements, product options, CMHC Green Home and more.
Accessible and Adaptable Housing

Accessible and adaptable housing enables people of all ages and abilities to stay in their community as long as possible.

Housing Observer

2018 Mortgage Consumer Survey findings

October 19, 2018

2018 Mortgage Consumer Survey findings

Get to know your clients better. Read the latest from recent mortgage consumers.

Immigrant and identifiable non-resident buyers

October 17, 2018

Immigrant and identifiable non-resident buyers

Immigrants have a greater presence in the Montréal market than identifiable non-residents.

Canadian housing starts trend decreases in September

October 9, 2018

Canadian housing starts trend decreases in September

Learn more.

Yale Sixplex: A first for Passive House in Canada

October 4, 2018

Yale Sixplex: A first for Passive House in Canada

A new project is the first Passive House development in a Canadian Indigenous community.

Quebec households’ net worth up 82% since 1999

October 3, 2018

Quebec households’ net worth up 82% since 1999

See the impact homeownership and house prices had on Quebec households from 1999 to 2016.

HELOC balances and limits are highest in B.C.

September 25, 2018

HELOC balances and limits are highest in B.C.

What you need to know about home equity lines of credit across Canada.

Aging boomers’ return to renting should drive up demand

September 19, 2018

Aging boomers’ return to renting should drive up demand

Find out why this cohort will boost rental demand, despite lower rental rates than their parents.

Canadian housing starts trend decreases in August

September 11, 2018

Canadian housing starts trend decreases in August

Learn more.

Visitable housing: how to increase uptake in Canada

September 6, 2018

Visitable housing: how to increase uptake in Canada

What stakeholders say is needed to gain traction in Canada.

Housing Benefits: Canada and Other OECD Countries

August 31, 2018

Housing Benefits: Canada and Other OECD Countries

Understand social assistance programs in Canada, the U.S, and 5 other countries.

Persons with disabilities: 15% live in core housing need

August 23, 2018

Persons with disabilities: 15% live in core housing need

Get a snapshot of CMHC’s report on housing conditions of persons with disabilities.

The number of new mortgages declined in 2017

August 14, 2018

The number of new mortgages declined in 2017

Get a detailed look at the Canadian mortgage market for all of 2017.

Canadian housing starts trend increases in July

Canadian housing starts trend increases in July

Learn more.

CMHC introduces new regional reports on credit trends

CMHC introduces new regional reports on credit trends

Get access to new data and analysis on mortgage and consumer credit trends.

End of 2017: Mortgage debt increased at a slower pace

End of 2017: Mortgage debt increased at a slower pace

Get the latest on credit trends from the fourth quarter of 2017.

Canadian housing market still highly vulnerable

Canadian housing market still highly vulnerable

Overvaluation and price acceleration reasons behind Canada’s housing market vulnerability.