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Canadian real estate sales are off to a weak start in 2019. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show January was a slow one for sales. In fact, it’s the slowest January since 2015, when Canada was on the brink of recession. The decline also makes this the longest negative streak since the Great Recession. […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate The Last Time Canadian Household Debt Grew This Slow Was 1983 Canadian household debt hit a new record high, but the growth rate is decelerating. The balance of outstanding debt reached $2.16 trillion in December, up 3.1% from the year […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Sales Drop Over $38 Billion In Business Last Year Canadian real estate sales made a huge drop in dollar volume. Sales through the MLS racked up to $224.04 billion in 2018, down 17.78% from the year before. […]
Declines in Canadian real estate sales is really putting a drag on debt growth. Numbers from the Bank of Canada (BoC) show Canadian banks held a record amount of mortgage debt in Q3 2018. However, the record amount of mortgage credit is growing at the slowest pace in years. Canadian Banks Hold Over $1.25 Trillion […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Sales Fell Over 11% In 2018, Biggest Drop Since 2008 Canadian real estate sales made a big drop last year, and that’s going to have consequences for the economy. Just 458,442 sales went through the MLS in […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate All But Two Canadian Real Estate Markets Have Fallen From Peak Prices Only two Canadian real estate markets are at all-time highs – Ottawa and Montreal. The Ottawa benchmark price reached $394,700 in December, a new record for the city. […]
Greater Vancouver’s condo market continued to cool quickly. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) numbers show prices are near flat in December. The rapid decline in price growth was accompanied by doubling inventory, and a multi-year low for December sales. Greater Vancouver Condo Prices Are Up Less Than A Point Condo prices in Greater […]
Toronto real estate is seeing lower sales, but that didn’t stop condo prices from moving higher. Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) numbers show the price of condo reached a new all-time high in December. Rising prices in Toronto came with the fewest sales for the month since 2013. Toronto Condo Prices Rise Over 8% Greater […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Growth Keeps Dropping, Prints New 17 Year Low Canadian mortgage growth dropped to a multi-year low. The balance of outstanding mortgage credit reached $1.53 trillion in November, up 3.2% from last year. While the dollar amount is at […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Household Debt Is Back Above US Great Recession Numbers Canadian household debt to income ratio (DTI) are now above peak US levels. Household DTI reached 166.79% in Q3 2018, up 0.15% from last year. That might seem low if […]
