Delinquencies on the rise as Bank of Canada decision looms | General financial discussion | Discussion forum

Please consider registering
guest

sp_LogInOut Log In sp_Registration Register

Register | Lost password?
Advanced Search

— Forum Scope —




— Match —





— Forum Options —





Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters

sp_Feed Topic RSS sp_TopicIcon
Delinquencies on the rise as Bank of Canada decision looms
March 5, 2019
1:49 pm
Kidd
Member
Banned
Forum Posts: 840
Member Since:
February 27, 2018
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

This is troubling.. delinquency rates for Canadians 65 and older were up 7.2 per cent.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/consumer-delinquencies-on-the-rise-as-bank-of-canada-decision-looms-1.1223801

** If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

March 5, 2019
3:59 pm
Vatox
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 1218
Member Since:
October 29, 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Troubling, yes, but not unexpected.

Unfortunately there are a lot of seniors that still have mortgages and other debt loads. The five interest rate increases are starting to take a toll. It hasn’t even been 2 years since the first interest rate increase and plenty of mortgages may have been renewed for five years, just before the increases started. Plenty more is coming as this is just the start. Seniors are most vulnerable and get hit first.

March 5, 2019
5:11 pm
Bill
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 4024
Member Since:
September 11, 2013
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

I don't know that a "lot" of seniors have mortgages, least not in my circle. Not much sympathy for seniors with money problems - (aside from those who suffer catastrophic events) you had about 45 or more years of adulthood to make your life choices and priorities, and you've still got a mortgage?!

March 5, 2019
5:17 pm
Kidd
Member
Banned
Forum Posts: 840
Member Since:
February 27, 2018
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Bill, i think to support our dead beat kids, many of the older folk have taken on unnecessary debt loads.

** If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?

March 5, 2019
5:33 pm
Vatox
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 1218
Member Since:
October 29, 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Bill said
I don't know that a "lot" of seniors have mortgages, least not in my circle. Not much sympathy for seniors with money problems - (aside from those who suffer catastrophic events) you had about 45 or more years of adulthood to make your life choices and priorities, and you've still got a mortgage?!  

I know many that have mortgages and car payments too!
People shouldn’t have debt of any kind going into retirement.

March 5, 2019
5:38 pm
Vatox
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 1218
Member Since:
October 29, 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Kidd said
Bill, i think to support our dead beat kids, many of the older folk have taken on unnecessary debt loads.

** If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?  

I’ve heard of this situation also. It’s a difficult thing to have.

March 5, 2019
6:01 pm
Vatox
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 1218
Member Since:
October 29, 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

https://www.livabl.com/2017/05/mortgages-make-up-nearly-half-canadian-seniors-debt.html

That article was written before the interest rates started rising.

Please write your comments in the forum.