New 30-Year Amortizations for Insured Mortgages

Effective August 1, 2024, the government will allow 30-year mortgage amortizations for first-time homeowners who purchase newly built homes.  For existing mortgage holders who meet specific criteria, “permanent amortization relief” will be available to extend repayment periods for as long as they need to get to the number they can afford to pay monthly. It’s an extension from the 25-year mortgage amortizations previously allowed. However, this isn’t for everyone… there is a significant risk to lifetime wealth creation and must be managed with an eye to interest rates and payment terms to reduce the non-deductible interest costs.  

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Bill C31, an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures, received Royal Assent on June 19.

Delivering on a promise made in the Economic Action Plan 2014, Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced that the Government of Canada secured voluntary commitments from the country’s eight largest banks to provide low-cost or no-cost bank accounts to low income Canadians by January 15, 2015.

Judges are forced to apply the law as it reads, but fortunately for taxpayers there is sometimes room for interpretation.