This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Household Debt Passes GDP By A Lot, and Over 254,000 Mortgages Still On Deferral

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate Canadian Household Debt Reaches 115% Of GDP, Here’s Why That’s Bad Canadian household debt is swelling, while gross domestic product (GDP) has been falling. The ratio reached 115% in Q2 2020, up from 101% the previous quarter. Even pre-pandemic this number […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canada’s Biggest Bank Sees Mortgage Defaults Next Year, and Condo Listings Soar In Toronto

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate RBC Forecasts Canadian Mortgage Defaults Will Start Rising Next Year Canada’s largest bank is forecasting mortgage defaults are still coming, just a little later. RBC is forecasting rising defaults in Q3 or Q4 of 2021. The reason? Programs like EI, CERB, […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canada’s Largest Bank Expects Mortgage Defaults To Soar, and First-Time Buyers Approach Negative Equity

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Condo Buyers At The Beginning Of The Pandemic Now Nearly Underwater Canada’s state-owned mortgage insurer warned first-time buyers to be careful at the beginning of the pandemic. Now buyers that ignored the advice, are finding out what they were talking […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Sees A “Crisis,” and A Swiss Bank Says Toronto’s Bubble Is Getting Worse

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate Why Canada’s Condo “Insurance Crisis” Should Make Investors Nervous The Canadian insurance industry is discussing a coverage “crisis” coming to condos. Due to rising replacement values, and smaller margins, insurance companies are dropping coverage. This comes while demand for this type […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Buyers Aren’t Delivering Down Payments, and Toronto Condo Rental Inventory Climbs

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Buyers Trying To Walk Away From Purchases Become “Rampant” Canadian home buyers not delivering a downpayment after agreeing to buy a home is on the rise. A Greater Toronto broker is seeing an uptick of buyers not delivering […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Prices Forecasted To Fall, As Households Make Fewer Payments

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate  Moody’s Doubles Down On Forecast Of Canadian Real Estate Prices Falling Soon One of the world’s largest credit rating agencies confirmed an early forecast of falling home prices in Canada. Moody’s had expected government measures would delay any impact to home […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Home Buyers With Small Down Payments Rise, While Toronto Condo Prices Slip Lower

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate Canadian Homebuyers With Small Down Payments Grows For The First Time In Years Insured mortgage credit, for those with smaller down payments, increased for the first time in years. The balance of insured mortgages reached $476.53 billion in Q2 2020, up […]