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Old 03-19-2010, 04:56 PM   #806
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Originally Posted by photon View Post
Right, that's what I first thought as that's typically what's meant by a high ratio mortgage.

This then doesn't make sense though:

"41.8% of mortgages insured by CMHC in 2008 were to rental or high-ratio homeowners."

CMHC doesn't insure mortgages that are low ratio, so 100% of homewoner mortgages insured by CMHC should be high-ratio mortgages, that's the whole point of CMHC insurance! Is every high-ratio mortgage considered sub-prime?
Glad I wasn't the only one reading that and thinking thinking this. I don't understand that 41% stat.
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