CMP Press Release

Program helps mom-and-pop real estate investors struggling to collect rent, pay their mortgages

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If there’s one misconception about landlords, it’s that they’re rich. While many do eventually make the ascension from mortal and mogul, most real estate investors own, or are still paying off, a relatively small assemblage of residential properties. With cap rates shrinking across the country, many of these investors are grateful to reach month-end without an unforeseen maintenance emergency wiping out the few hundred dollars in cash flow they rely on to make their investments worthwhile.

HuffPost Press Release

Canada’s Renters Finally Catch A Break, Can Now Use Rent Payments To Build Credit Score

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When Zachary Killam was a renter years ago, he found it strange that all his rent payments counted for nothing on his credit score. “When I moved into my first place, I had a $300 credit card limit. I paid my rent on time, but it always struck me: Why isn’t my rent ― which is of course my largest expense each month ― not on my credit record? I have a credit record for my phone bill but not my rent.”

Financial Post Press Release

Canadians now have the option to build their credit scores via rent payments

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Eight years after Canadians first became able to use their mortgage payments to build their credit scores, a similar option now exists for those who rent. The Toronto-based Landlord Credit Bureau, which is used by 30,000 landlords and property managers across Canada and the U.S., is partnering with Equifax Inc. to create an online portal that tracks a tenant’s rent payments so that the resulting data can be incorporated into credit files. Either tenants or landlords, who are tasked with updating their tenants’ profiles on a monthly basis with on-time or missed payments, can sign up to use the service.