A CMHC timeline of new mortgage products:
February 2006: CMHC to insure 30 year mortgages on a pilot basis
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/n...02-25-1400.cfm
June 2006: CMHC introduces 35 year mortgage and interest-only mortgages
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/n...06-28-1400.cfm
December 2006: CMHC introduces 40 year mortgage
http://www.cmhc.ca/en/hoficlincl/mol...ortization.pdf
September 2007: CMHC offers 100% financing for investment properties
http://www.cmhc.ca/en/hoficlincl/mol...Properties.pdf