Mortgage

Housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and school dropouts: think tank

A Quebec think tank says the province's housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and negatively affects school dropout rates.

Commercial and multifamily mortgages cross $5 trillion outstanding

After producing $26.3 billion in new commercial and multifamily mortgage debt in the first quarter of 2026, the industry's total amount of mortgage...

Canadian retail sales up 1% in May as gasoline lifts receipts

Canadian retail sales continue to rise in the second quarter, lifted by surging gasoline prices that are crowding out many other spending categories.

‘Stop prompting, start delegating’: Anthropic exec to banks

Key insight: McNamara broke down three types of agentic deployment she sees in the financial industry — internal productivity, faster workflows and net-new...