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Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Debt Explodes In Growth, As Payment Deferrals Hit Over 743,000 Canadian mortgage debt is seeing growth accelerate, as hundreds of thousands stop making payments. The balance of mortgage debt reached $1.68 trillion in May, up 6.0% from a year […]
Time for your cheatsheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s National Housing Agency Forecasts Price Drops In Toronto And Vancouver Canada’s national housing agency sees prices potentially falling in major markets. Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are all forecasted to be lower than they were last month. Some markets like Vancouver aren’t […]
Already unaffordable Canadian real estate became a little less affordable during the pandemic. RBC, Canada’s largest banks, updated their housing affordability data for Q1 2020. The bank observed worsening affordability, meaning housing required more income last quarter. This was due almost entirely to Ontario, as other regions saw affordability improve. Canadian Affordability Is Still Getting […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Prices Peaked Says Canada’s Largest Bank, Revises Forecast Lower RBC, Canada’s largest bank, thinks Canadian real estate prices may have peaked for the year. Economists from the bank note the relatively flat movement compared to April, and expect […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate National Bank Of Canada Forecasts Sharpest Real Estate Price Decline Ever One of Canada’s Big Six banks sees this real estate correction being the largest correction ever. National Bank of Canada is forecasting prices will decline 9.8% from late 2020 to […]
An elite group of US economists are declaring a recession with just one quarter worth of data. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private organization of top economists is the pseudo authority on the US business cycle. The organization has declared the US economy began a recession in February. This marks the end of […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate CMHC Head Warns Homebuyers To Question Motives Of Those Saying Prices Will Rise The head of the CMHC is warning home buyers to be skeptical of anyone saying real estate prices will rise. He followed the warning with a series of […]
Greater Vancouver real estate is still adjusting to the pandemic, but buyers seem to be more deterred than sellers. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) data shows the price of a typical home made a significant monthly decline in May. Inventory fell from last year’s levels, but didn’t drop nearly as much as sales […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate CMHC’s Canadian Real Estate Price Forecast Shows Big Drops In Ontario And BCCanada’s national housing agency gave a detailed breakdown of its real estate price forecast. Prices are expected to fall later this year, and continue into 2021. The forecast ends […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate CMHC Warns Canadians: “Support For Homeownership Cannot Be Unlimited” The CMHC, Canada’s national housing agency, had a warning for young homebuyers: Be realistic about your debt. As a cautionary tale, the agency’s CEO walked the federal government through a scenario […]
