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Mortgage Professional America (MPA) is the mortgage & finance industry’s most trusted source of news, opinion and analysis. Created exclusively for the mortgage & finance industry, MPA provides a real-time web service that keeps time-poor mortgage & finance professionals up to date with the latest breaking news, cutting-edge opinion, and expert analysis affecting both their business, and their industry as a whole. MPA’s newsletter service is delivered to inboxes daily. It includes exclusive need-to-know developments of the day which cover all aspects of this extremely diverse and dynamic industry. An online industry hub, MPA also offers fresh and informative multimedia news and commentary, practical articles and industry-specific research and reports to assist with developing a business, as well as an extremely active industry forum for online discussion and debate. Source

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Shellpoint force-placed flood insurance on a covered condo, foreclosure suit alleges

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By Tez Romero
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Five error notices, one refund, and a foreclosure the borrower says never should have happened By 06 Jul 2026 A Florida homeowner says her mortgage servicer twice force-placed flood insurance she never needed, then moved to foreclose over the resulting charges. The lawsuit, filed July 2, 2026 in federal court in Miami, lays out a servicing dispute that started small and grew into a foreclosure. The borrower owns an eighth-floor condo in Aventura.
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Mom and Dad say the early '80s were harder for homebuyers. They're not completely right.

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By Matthew Sellers Verified
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Canadian rates peaked in 1981 at around 22% but the house cost three times income. Today's buyer in Toronto faces a huge hurdle By 06 Jul. 2026 When I read new analysis from KPMG in Australia this week, it confirmed what many Canadian mortgage brokers have suspected for years: when you measure total interest payments as a share of household income, today's borrowers are carrying more than the generation that faced double-digit rates. Yes, the headline rate was higher then. But the house was cheaper.
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Canadian homebuyers cite affordability, not uncertainty, as chief barrier

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By Jonalyn Cueto
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55% of non-owners have no plans to buy despite easing rates By 06 Jul. 2026 Most Canadians who do not own a home have no plans to buy one in the coming year, and a new survey identifies affordability — not fear of economic turmoil — as the dominant force keeping them out of the market. The findings, published in June by NerdWallet Canada and conducted by Angus Reid, surveyed 1,501 adults between May 26 and 29, 2026.
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How a potential policy change could shake up the commercial real estate sector

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By Jonalyn Cueto
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Proposed property charge would need mortgage-holder sign-off before it's levied By 06 Jul. 2026 A new white paper is urging British Columbia to adopt a property-secured financing tool for building retrofits, a model that would require mortgage lenders to consent before a senior-ranking charge is placed on commercial and multi-unit residential properties.
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Condo plan's discount premise faces market doubts

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By Jonalyn Cueto
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$1-million-plus pricing complicates the affordability goal By 06 Jul. 2026 The economic case for a $1.45-billion federal-provincial plan to buy unsold British Columbia condos rests on securing units below market value, but analysts and commentators question whether a voluntary sale can deliver the discount the program requires.
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Condo appraisal gaps test Calgary broker deals

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By Jonalyn Cueto
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Prices down 14%+ in North East heighten shortfall risk at funding By 06 Jul. 2026 Calgary's apartment condominium benchmark price fell to $299,000 in June, down nearly 9% from a year earlier, a decline recorded across every district, which shifts the sharpest financing risk in the segment from qualifying buyers to closing their deals.
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Australia’s economy is slowing – but is housing or Hormuz the culprit?

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By William Farrington Verified
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CBA revises its economic outlook, pointing to one surprising factor now weighing more heavily on Australian growth than the other By 06 Jul 2026 Halfway through 2026, the Australian economy is losing pace, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) economics team says the reasons behind the slowdown have shifted since March.
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Major client returns to Helia in boost for LMI provider

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By William Farrington Verified
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Prominent second-tier lender signs four-year contract with Australia's largest specialist provider of lenders mortgage insurance By 06 Jul 2026 Lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) provider Helia has received a piece of good news in the form of a four-year contract with ING.
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Bridgit hits loan book milestone

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By William Farrington Verified
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Half a decade of growth pays off for prominent bridging finance specialist By 06 Jul 2026 Bridging finance specialist Bridgit has passed $1 billion in cumulative loans, a milestone the Sydney-based non-bank lender marked on Monday by committing up to $20,000 to mental health charity Beyond Blue. The company will donate $10,000 directly and match employee and broker community donations dollar-for-dollar up to a combined $20,000, with contributions accepted via Bridgit's donation page.
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Home Energy Rating expansion seen as chance for brokers to add value

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By Rommel Lontayao Verified
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MFAA says brokers now have "another opportunity to provide valuable guidance" as scheme extends to existing homes By 06 Jul 2026 The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) has flagged the recent expansion of the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) as a significant development for brokers, following the federal government's decision to extend Home Energy Ratings to existing homes.
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Lisay, Camille Joyce
Lontayao, Rommel
Mendoza, Candyd