📰Also in this edition: • Capitalizing on consumer mortgage trends • Mortgage Bytes If we had a chart of the week, it would be this one. Citigroup's U.S. economic surprise index (chart above) has turned negative for the first time in well over a year. A reading below zero

🔔The latest rate simulator is live with updated forward rates (download) It's increasingly looking like Canada's first rate cut is teed up for June 5 or July 24. But borrowers would be a lot more confident of that if it weren't for the U.

Now, here's something that'll get mortgage shoppers' juices flowing. TD has slashed its discounted variable rates. And not just a little.

The government is on a mission to help renters get more credit. It plans to do that by incorporating rental payments into credit reports. They say the move will help more renters qualify for mortgages. But there are several other implications, and this won't be an overnight Cinderella