Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Prices Slip Further As Sellers Suddenly Surge Canadian real estate markets continue to soften, with few signs of a break. The benchmark (typical) home price slipped lower in October, and is 14.6% below the March 2022 record high. Slow […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Bank of Canada Can Diverge From The Fed, But We Doubt It: BMO Canada’s monetary policy typically follows the US, but it may no longer be able to keep up. The US economy continues to show strong growth, potentially requiring even […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Unemployment Weakness Might Be Overstated Canada’s labor market is weakening, but the weakness may be greatly overstated. Experts argue that post-recession, seasonal consumption patterns change in a way that is hard to measure until after the fact. As a result, even […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Still Hasn’t Seen The Full Impact of BoC Rate Hikes: National Bank The impact of the Bank of Canada (BoC) rate hikes have yet to be fully felt. That was the take from National Bank, one of Canada’s Big Six banks. […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Most of Canada’s New Condos Are (Still) Investor Owned: Stat Can Statistics Canada’s Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) released data showing most new condos are investor owned. The organization stated the data is increasingly important amidst public discussion about affordability. Ownership concentration […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Supply Surges, Banks See Lower Prices Ahead Canada’s big banks are adjusting their home price expectations even lower, after a sudden inventory jump. For a sixth consecutive month, new listings of existing homes for sale climbed. Supplies now sit […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Economists Are Skeptical of Job Strength, Discouraged Workers Jump 44% Canada’s job market continues to grow but economists warn context is important. The country added 64k jobs in September, which would have been a blowup job report pre-2020. A recent population […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Rates To Go Higher For Longer As Banks See Smaller Cuts Canadian mortgage borrowers may want to brace themselves for even higher interest costs. The Government of Canada (GoC) 5-year bond yield continues to climb rapidly, with this month representing […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Rates Set To Rise As Yields Go “Higher For Longer”: BMO Global bond yields are rising, and they’re about to take Canadian mortgage rates with them. The Government of Canada (GoC) 5-year bond hit a multi-year high, and other yields […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Balancing In A “Meaningful” Way, Pause Unlikely To Boost Market: BMO The Canadian real estate market is back to cooling after a brief jump in activity post-rate pause. Existing home sales fell, and new listings have been climbing to […]
