New to Canada - New Immigrant Mortgage Programs
If you have recently immigrated to Canada, you may feel a little overwhelmed with information. If you wish to buy yourself and your family a home, you're in luck! The insurers have stepped up to the plate and now offer very convenient lending guidelines to assist you with your first home purchase in Canada.
Some of the criteria include:
Genworth - HomeOpeners suite of Products
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Borrower Qualifications |
| - Up to 95% LTV (5% down payment)
- No minimum income requirements
Increased qualification options
- Available up to 24 months after you arrive
- Standard premiums
- Extended amortization's up to 35 yrs |
- Immigrated or relocated to Canada within the last 24 months
- 3 month min full time employment in Canada
- Minimum employment requirement waived for those being transferred under a corporate relocation program
- Valid work visa or obtained landed immigrant status
- All debts held outside the country must be included in the total debt servicing ratios (rental income earned outside of Canada is to be excluded from the GDS/TDS calculation) |
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Loan to Value |
Documentation |
Down Payment |
| 90.01% - 95% |
* Work visa or verification of landed immigrant status
* International Credit Bureau is required |
5% from your own resources (no gifts) |
| 85.01% - 90% |
* Work visa or verification of landed immigrant status
* Letter of reference from a recognized institution or
* 6 months bank statements from primary account |
10% from own resources
5% can be from a corporate relocation subsidy |
| 85% or below |
* Work Visa or verification of landed immigrant status
* If Guarantor on file, only the work visa or verification of landed immigrant status is required to be sent to Genworth; otherwise, document requirements are the same as 90% LTV |
15% from own resources
10% can be gift from non-occupying borrower |
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IF you are unsure of how you may qualify, please feel free to contact me directly for your own free evaluation of your situation.
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