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Canada Growing Household Debt
π¨π¦ CMHC recently highlighted the growing household debt vs. GDP in Canada. 75% of the debt are mortgages. Different from the 30-year...
Frank Tian
May 27, 20231 min read
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US Q1 Consumer Credit Update
With the banking crisis in March, How is US consumer credit doing? Here is the Q1 β23 Fed report: π Quarterly debt growth slowed to...
Frank Tian
May 15, 20231 min read
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US Banks Mortgage Origination Continued to Tank
The top 4 banks saw their collected mortgage origination down ~80% in Q1 vs. the average in the last 3 years. π Fast interest rate hikes...
Frank Tian
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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π° 6 Consumer Credit Items To Know in 2023 Canadian Budget
All appear in the 1st chapter βMaking Life More Affordable and Supporting the Middle Classβ, a clear indication of the policy priority....
Frank Tian
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Q4 '22 Fed Household Credit Report
2022 saw the fastest rate hike. How is US consumer credit doing? Here is the latest Fed report: π US household debt up $394 billion in...
Frank Tian
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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π¨ Canadian Mortgage Fraud
π¨ As if the growing mortgage payment is not enough, Canadian homeowners now have a new thing to worry about. Criminals are eyeing to...
Frank Tian
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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ποΈ US banksβ Q4 Update - Mortgage
The mortgage origination continued to collapse. The top 4 banks - JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi, and Wells Fargo - collected...
Frank Tian
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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π¨π¦ OSFI to Tighten Mortgage Lending π
In the face of the rising risk in the mortgage market, the Canadian financial regulator OSFI is soliciting feedback on more restrictive...
Frank Tian
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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π Canadian Mortgage Risk Update
Big 5 banksβ Q4 earnings reports are out. Here is an update of the mortgage book. π It is a very Rough estimate, as each bank reports...
Frank Tian
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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π Canadian Mortgage Risk Snapshot - Q4 '22
Big 5 banksβ Q4 earnings reports are out. Here is an update of the mortgage book. π It is a very Rough estimate, as each bank reports...
Frank Tian
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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Canadians Reaching Tigger Rate
Canadians heard the mortgage trigger rate a lot. How many mortgages have reached that? The answer from the Bank of Canada π Out of a...
Frank Tian
Nov 25, 20221 min read
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US Household Debt Q3 Update
Q3 saw fast rate hikes and an uncertain future. How is the US household credit doing? Here is the latest Fed report: π US household debt...
Frank Tian
Nov 16, 20221 min read
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US Q3 Update
Q3 saw fast rate hikes and an uncertain future. How is the US household credit doing? Here is the latest Fed report: π US household debt...
Frank Tian
Nov 16, 20221 min read
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π Higher Rate to Trigger Rate
π§ Higher Rate - To Be Higher Bank of Canada (BoC) raised the rate by another 50 bps in Oct - the cumulative hike is 350 bps this year....
Frank Tian
Nov 6, 20222 min read
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US Bank Q3 Mortgage
π Interest Rate Dampens Mortgage Activity The Q3 earnings reports show the impact of the fast interest rate hike. Q3 β22 mortgage...
Frank Tian
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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π Canadian Mortgage Risk Snapshot - Q3 '22
Canadian Real Estate Tanks Fast This Year. How much risk is in the overall mortgage portfolio? π Here is a Rough view of the Big 5...
Frank Tian
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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π΅οΈββοΈ 7 At-risk Consumer Segments to Watch
Even with some good US data points: July inflation drops to 8.5% July added 528K jobs The horizon is still cloudy with multiple risk...
Frank Tian
Aug 14, 20221 min read
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US Household Debt Q2 Update
Q2 saw the steepest interest rate hike. How is the US household credit doing? Here is the latest quarterly report from the Fed: π US...
Frank Tian
Aug 8, 20221 min read
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US Banks Q2 Mortgages
Interest Rate Effect on Mortgage The Q2 earnings reports provided a glimpse of the latest impact of the interest rate hike. Q2 β22...
Frank Tian
Jul 25, 20221 min read
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Subprime Loans Again?
A WSJ report highlights the rising delinquencies of subprime loans. Some are wondering - have we learned anything from 2008? Actually,...
Frank Tian
Jun 4, 20221 min read
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