Canadian households face higher borrowing costs, despite the lack of policy rate hike. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the weekly effective interest rate for households reached an almost 10 year high. The increase comes after the effective rate had stalled for six weeks. Household Effective Interest Rate The household effective interest rate is a […]
The growth rate of Canada’s money supply improved, but still points to a significantly slower economy. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the M1+ growth rate improved in November. The slight improvement is dwarfed by the fact that the annual rate of growth is still a third lower than last year. The M1+ The BoC […]
Senior Canadians tapping their home equity is slowing, but still showing massive growth. Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) filings show outstanding reverse mortgage credit hit a new high in November. The annual pace of growth of outstanding credit was slower than last year, but still remains above 30%. Reverse Mortgages Reverse mortgages […]
Canadians took a break from borrowing home equity, but are back in full force. Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) filings show home equity borrowing reached a new record high in November. The month was also the fifth consecutive we’ve seen acceleration of growth in this segment. Loans Secured By Residential Real Estate […]
Canadian real estate prices saw weakness in the second half. The Teranet–National Bank of Canada House Price Index (Teranet HPI) shows more than half of major urban markets saw declines in December. Two of the largest, Toronto and Vancouver, were just off of all-time highs, but yet to print a correction. Meanwhile, Montreal has hit […]
Canadians love real estate so much, they’ve sent price growth higher than almost all of its peers. US Federal Reserve numbers show the market had the highest price growth of any G7 country, as of 2018 Q3. Just last year, prices in Canada were the fastest growing annually in the group. This year, they’re the […]
Canadian households are showing signs they’re tapped out. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the balance of outstanding credit reached a record high in November. The record is overshadowed by the continued deceleration of growth, however. Households borrowed at one of the slowest paces in decades, with big drops in consumer and mortgage growth. Canadians […]
Slow Canadian real estate sales are still dragging mortgage credit growth lower. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show outstanding mortgage credit reached a new record high in November. The high was accompanied by slowing growth, which is showing signs that it could slow further. Canadians Have Over $1.539 Trillion In Mortgage Debt The balance of […]
Canadian household borrowing rates may have hit a wall. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the effective household borrowing rate stalled in December, for 4 consecutive weeks. The rate, which is the typical interest rate paid by households, is still substantially higher than last year. Effective Borrowing Rates The effective borrowing rate is the typical […]
Canada’s central bank has officially started to help out with mortgage liquidity. The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced their intention to buy Canada Mortgage Bonds at the end of November. The Bank bought nearly quarter of a billion of the bonds less than three weeks later. WTF Is A Canada Mortgage Bond? Canada Mortgage Bonds […]
