CBC Radio⁠49%

Global conflict hits home ... mortgages. ⁠75%

By Rubina Ahmed-Haq⁠0%

4/28/2026, 5:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 37% saturation with 20 hits. Analysis detected 74 faulty-reasoning hits from 54 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (5,583 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 74.50% of the article peer group.

Major events a world away can impact our pocket book. 
This is especially true when it comes to our ability to borrow money - including for a home. 
Our personal finance columnist, Rubina Ahmed-Haq, has this look at how to shop for a mortgage in these turbulent times. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 18.5%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 18.5%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic18.5%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 11.1%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 11.1%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect11.1%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 11.1%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 11.1%CBC: 5.7%Negativity Bias11.1%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 3.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 37.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 37.0%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority37.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 4.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 11.1%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 11.1%CBC: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion11.1%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 11.1%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 11.1%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice11.1%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 37.0%Rubina Ahmed-Haq: 37.0%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…37.0%

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