Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Understanding How The Credit Cycle Impacts Canadian Real Estate Prices There’s a lot of debate about the influence of local factors on housing, but they’re all trumped by the credit cycle. We take a quick dive through the credit cycle, […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate UBS Ranks Toronto And Vancouver In Top 5 Global Real Estate Bubbles Swiss mega-bank UBS updated their Bubble Index, with Toronto and Vancouver making the list. Actually, they didn’t just make the list – they were in the top 5. […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on the most important stories of the week. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Owners Are Paying The Most To Service Debt Since 1993 Rising interest rates and huge mortgages are eating up household income across Canada. Canadians had a debt service ratio (DSR) of 6.51% in Q2 2018, […]
Time for your weekly update on this week’s most important news. Canadian Real Estate Canadians Add An Average Of $187,000 Per Minute To The Household Debt Balance Canadians printed a new record for household debt, but the rate of growth is slowing down quickly. The balance of household debt reached $2.13 trillion in July, up […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s Minor Interest Rate Hikes May Be Setting Up Major Economic Problems The impact of rising interest rates is showing up in Canada’s measure of “cash.” The M1+, a measure of cash-like instruments, increased 3.9% on an annual basis in […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet for this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s HELOC Problem Is One Of The Biggest Risks For Real Estate Canada’s home equity line of credit problem has reached epic proportions. The balance of outstanding HELOC debt reached $286.81 billion in Q2 2018, up 1.83% from the quarter […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on the most important stories of the week. Canadian Real Estate Canadians Withdraw Another $2 Billion In Home Equity Over A Month Canadians are (still) looking to extract equity from their homes at a record pace. The balance of loans secured in June hit $286.81 billion, up $1.966 billion […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Over 1 In 10 Mortgages Issued In Canada Are On An Already Mortgaged Home The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) found that multiple mortgages on the same home is on the rise. Analysts counted 145,013 new loans on already […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate The Average Mortgage And HELOC Payment Is Soaring In Toronto And Vancouver Canadians are facing higher payments on mortgages and HELOCs, especially in Vancouver and Toronto. The average monthly mortgage payment in Vancouver reached $1,794 in Q1 2018, up 6.5% […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Growth Plummets To The Lowest Levels Since 2001 Canadian mortgages growth is slowing, and fast. The balance of mortgage credit at large lenders reached $1.515 trillion, up $5.06 billion. That sounds huge, but it’s actually almost half of […]
