Young Canadians may need to come to terms with the fact policymakers are driving ownership further out of reach every year. Numbers crunched by the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) at Statistics Canada (Stat Can) reveals how ownership has changed over the past 50 years. For young adults, homeownership peaked nearly 40 years ago, and […]
Canadian real estate prices are still seeing record growth, just not when it comes to sales. A new research note from BMO shows annual growth of rental prices grew at a record pace in October. They note the issue is complicated even further by rents outpacing income growth for the first time in 60 years. […]
Canada’s government is bracing for winter, and not the kind that brings fluffy white stuff. This week the Government of Canada (GoC) released its 2023 Fall Economic Statement. Buried amongst notes on higher deficit spending is a forecast for a sharp decline for labor. Unemployment is forecast to rise by hundreds of thousands of people […]
Want to own a home in Canada? Have you tried wealthier parents? Statistics Canada (Stat Can) released a new study exploring the role of parental wealth in obtaining homeownership. They examined tax data to determine the homeownership rate for “adult children” born in the 1990s, in relation to their parent’s wealth. The odds of ownership […]
Canada keeps repeating it’s spending billions on new housing, but with who, and how does it help? Earlier this week, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced $1.2 billion worth of investments to build rentals in Toronto. It turns out over a third of those funds are going into one project—373 Front St East, which are […]
Canadian real estate is changing fast, and office spaces aren’t escaping the impact. Commercial real estate giant Avison Young‘s latest report on Greater Toronto Area (GTA) office space reveals softening business demand. High priced office space is out, and traditionally “less desirable” space is in. The firm notes a major trend softening the blow—demand from […]
Being overly indebted is as Canadian as hockey, maple syrup, and mortgage fraud. Naturally, a new poll from Abacus reveals debt costs may be the deciding factor in the next election. The poll found a third of people would change their vote and re-elect the Liberals for a cheaper mortgage. Talk about voting with their […]
The Canadian labor market is slowing but it may not be as slow as many have concluded. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the country added thousands of jobs in October. It just wasn’t enough to prevent unemployment from rising. Labor market erosion is almost a certainty, but post-recession seasonal adjustments amplify movements. As a […]
Canada is serious about tackling real estate speculators… just not anytime soon. Just hours before the Oct 31st vacant home filings were due, the deadline was delayed by six months. The last minute change is the second extension, and delays the vacant home count. It’s quickly becoming a trend for policymakers to publicly pass aggressive […]
Canada may have just killed one of its last golden geese. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data shows new study permits made a sharp drop in August 2023. The decline can be attributed almost entirely to falling applications from India, a market that represented nearly half of all permits in 2022. The loss of […]
