“A Blight on Our Industry”: Nearly 20% of Canadians Not Opposed to Mortgage Fraud

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As affordability challenges mount, mortgage fraud is becoming more pervasive - and not all Canadians are necessarily against the practice. leger360 | BNNBloomberg | ratesdotca | realestate realestatenews mortgagefraud mortgages

says that even if a borrower was to get away with mortgage fraud, the ramifications of doing so could be costly down the line.

“Transactional costs are significant in buying and selling. You incur the land transfer tax and legal fees on the purchase side. And then when you sell it, it’s about a 5% realtor fee. On a $600K purchase, it’s going to cost you about $60K [to sell],” he says. “So it’s an expensive mistake to make.”

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