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Re:"Fake Chinese income" mortgages fuel Toronto real estate ... by joshuabaker2 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:06AM (#39284724)
Yes this is accurate. I work at a lender that operated in both Canada and the US and the credit bureau integrations were with totally different companies and had different APIs (even for Equifax on both sides of the border)
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Re:"Fake Chinese income" mortgages fuel Toronto real estate ... by VK538FY on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @10:42AM (#39289891)
It's been a while but I don't even think that a credit score in Canada is comparable to a credit score in the US. Sure, an Equifax terminal in either country spits out a number in the same range but the formula and calculation are probably different, with different legal frameworks regarding the information contained therein.
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