New Immigrants Mortgage in Canada

New immigrants to Canada are fully supported by the Canadian govt and system.
Are you a new immigrant to Canada ? Looking to buy your home?

In Canada you will not be penalized, and you can borrow at very competitive market rates.

Lets review 2 different  scenarios Lakhvinder gill- mortgage broker Surrey BC

  1. Landed immigrants who are already employed in Canada
  2. Non-landed immigrants who are already employed in Canada
  3. New immigrants who are not yet working but who have applied for, or been granted, landed immigrant status.

New immigrant Canadians must first be able to confirm that they either have landed status or a valid work permit in place.

In cases where the applicant has a work permit, the time remaining on the permit will factor into the lender’s approval decision, and applicants can improve their chances by providing documentation to confirm they have applied for landed status.

Those new immigrant Canadians –  must typically be employed for a minimum of three months before they are eligible for a mortgage, unless they have been transferred to Canada as part of a corporate relocation program with their current employer.

This lender rule is designed to ensure that employees have passed the standard three-month probationary period, but if a borrower’s specific probation period is longer than three months, lenders may require the full probationary period be completed prior to the mortgage funding date.

Lenders also normally require a two-year history of credit repayment. If borrowers are arriving from countries that work with the Equifax or Transunion credit-reporting agencies, a personal credit report from their home country from one of those providers will often suffice in lieu of Canadian credit.

If borrowers are coming from countries that don’t work with either agency, international credit reports from both may still be available. (These links from Equifax and Transunion provide more detail.) As a last resort, bank reference letters from the borrower’s country of origin may also be accepted.

While providing your credit history from your home country can improve your chances of being approved for a mortgage, it is still important to establish a Canadian credit history as soon as possible after arriving. If you’re having trouble applying with traditional credit providers, consider applying for a secured credit card, which is easier to obtain.

Here’s how they work: if you are approved for a $1000 limit on a secured card, you pay the credit provider $1000 upfront as security, and after demonstrating a period of successful repayment for a period (usually twelve months), that money is then returned to you.

Lenders also recognize that it can initially be difficult to establish Canadian credit, so they will consider credit history from alternative sources, such as a landlord’s letter showing twelve months of on-time payments, or copies of utility or cable bills that show regular payments being made for at least a year. Keep in mind that you are only considered ‘new’ for the first three years after you arrive, so again, establishing a Canadian credit as soon as possible after you arrive is key.

Landed immigrants who have met the lender’s immigration, employment and credit criteria can qualify for a mortgage that is up to 95% of the value of a property, provided that the purchase price is less than $1 million and as long as the property will be the borrower’s principal residence. (Basically your options are the same as those available to Canadian citizens.)

Non-landed new immigrants who meet the same criteria can qualify for mortgage that is up to 90% of the value of the property. In addition to the purchase price needing to be less than $1 million and the requirement that the property also be used as the borrower’s primary residence, the subject property cannot have more than two units.

New immigrant mortgage

Canadians who do not yet have landed status and are not yet employed will find it more difficult to obtain mortgage financing.

Lenders may, on exception, provide mortgage financing if these borrowers can make a down payment of at least 35% of the purchase price and can confirm that they have substantial additional liquid assets in Canada. These borrowers must still meet the lenders credit-history requirements and the property must be the borrower’s primary residence.

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