Mortgage Payment Help
We believe that nobody should have to worry about their mortgage because of financial impacts of COVID-19. CMHC made an announcement that they're working with Genworth, Canada Guaranty and lenders to help, by increasing their flexibilities to allow payment deferral of up to 6 months starting now.
This applies to borrowers with an insured mortgage (generally those who bought with less than a 20% down payment - but not exclusively)
You can read the entire CMHC COVID-19 Announcement
Tools include:
- Deferral of payment
- Re-amortization of the mortgage
- Capitalization of outstanding interest arrears and other eligible expenses
- Special payment arrangements
If you find yourself in the position that you are about to be self-isolated, or quarantined and need help with your mortgage payments, please reach out directly to your lender.
Most lenders have options available to skip-a-payment or put a payment on hold (even before this new CMHC announcement).
It is imperative that you reach out to the lender and request this though. Each lender has different options, and with how quickly COVID-19 is developing, lenders are updating their policies to help, regardless of whether you have CMHC default insurance on your mortgage, or not.
To help make it easier for you, we have listed some of our most common lenders below, with phone numbers to their customer service department to get further details on skip or hold a payment options.
Call volumes are very high, I would recommend that you try in the evening when call volumes have decreased a little.
LIST OF LENDERS CONTACT NUMBERS
ATB 1-800-332-8383 B2B 1 800 263 8349 BMO 1-877-895-3278 Bridgewater 1-866-243-4301 CIBC 1-800-465-2422 CMLS 1-888-995-2657 Optimum 1-866-441-3775 Equitable 1-888-334-3313 Connect First 403-736-4000 Chinook Financial 403-934-3358 First Calgary Financial 403-736-4000 First National 1-888-488-0794 Haventree 1-855-272-0051 Home Trust 1-855-270-3630 HSBC 1-888-310-4722 ICICI 1-888-424-2422 Manulife 1-877-765-2265 MCAP 1-800-265-2624 Merix 1-877-637-4911 Marathon 1-855-503-6060 RBC 1-866-809-5800 RFA 1-877-416-7873 RMG 1-866-809-5800 Scotia 1-800-472-6842 Servus 1-877-378-8728 Street Capital 1-866-683-8090 TD 1-866-222-3456 ATB 1-800-332-8383 Servus CU 1-877-378-8728
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