Exuberant Canadian real estate buyers sent home prices soaring during the pandemic. Now some provinces have severely overvalued housing markets, according to Moody’s. The credit rating giant’s provincial models show severe overvaluations in provinces like Ontario. Analysts from the firm forecast this will result in slow price growth over the next few years. Not all […]
Canada’s inflation problem is getting worse, as the latest reading jumped to a multi-year high. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) ripped higher in October, according to Statistics Canada (Stat Can). Annual growth reached an 18-year high in the latest data, though you’d be lucky if your expenses increased by only that much. The majority of […]
Canadian immigration was slow through the pandemic but it’s now back with a vengeance. Government of Canada (GoC) data shows permanent resident arrival admissions soared in September. It didn’t just recover from the lull either. The number of arrivals in the month was the biggest number in at least a century. Canada Sees A Record […]
Canadian new housing starts are returning to reality as cheap capital starts to ease. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the country’s state-owned insurer, reported housing starts fell in October. Housing starts are exactly what they sound like — homes that have started construction. The drop was large enough to be considered a technical […]
Canadian real estate prices are soaring due to demand, but how much of it is excess? That’s a question BMO tackled in its latest research note, looking at home sale dollar volumes. The bank estimates excess demand driven by the central bank is now the size of 6 points of gross domestic product (GDP). Remember, […]
Canada’s largest real estate board confirmed it’s building a for-profit subsidiary. The Toronto Real Estate Board (TRREB) emailed members to announce its new for-profit plan. This comes after brokers began to rally support for an inquiry into the decision to pursue profits. Some allege the plan was done in secret, but the board says they […]
Canadian real estate prices have once again turned into a runaway freight train. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) October Home Price Index (HPI) made a big jump. Home prices across the country are now rising at the fastest annual rate since June. This has almost entirely reversed the pre-election slowing of growth. Canadian Home […]
In the upside-down world, a weak economy is great for Canadian home prices — and people are betting on it. The majority of mortgage debt issued in August has a variable interest rate. This is when a borrower’s interest paid is attached to market rates, as opposed to a fixed rate. Experts, including the central […]
Hoping to win the title of being one of Canada’s highest-earning households? It’s an easier hurdle to clear than it used to be — though let’s be honest, it’s still difficult to cross. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the results of 2019 tax filings. The threshold for being a top-earning household made a small […]
Canadian investment in home construction is slipping and due entirely to housing. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows building construction investment fell in September. This data is mostly based on building permits, providing insight into construction sentiment. Home building isn’t doing so hot — falling enough to be considered a technical crash. It fell so […]
