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How does the Bitcoin-backed mortgage actually work?

A standard CMHC-insured mortgage does not accept Bitcoin as qualifying income or collateral under CMHC lending guidelines. A small number of private, non-conventional lenders instead offer a separate product where you pledge cryptocurrency as collateral for a loan, which is a crypto-collateralized loan rather than a mortgage in the usual sense.

The mechanics resemble a margin loan more than a home mortgage. The lender holds your Bitcoin as security, lends against a conservative fraction of its current value because prices move so much, and can demand more collateral or force a sale if the value drops below a set threshold.

This sits entirely outside the CMHC-insured system most Saskatoon buyers use, which requires a minimum credit score of 600 and standard income documentation rather than a pledged asset. The two products solve different problems for different borrowers.

For most Saskatoon buyers, a conventional insured mortgage remains the simpler and better-understood path. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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