Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Unemployment Weakness Might Be Overstated Canada’s labor market is weakening, but the weakness may be greatly overstated. Experts argue that post-recession, seasonal consumption patterns change in a way that is hard to measure until after the fact. As a result, even […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Still Hasn’t Seen The Full Impact of BoC Rate Hikes: National Bank The impact of the Bank of Canada (BoC) rate hikes have yet to be fully felt. That was the take from National Bank, one of Canada’s Big Six banks. […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Most of Canada’s New Condos Are (Still) Investor Owned: Stat Can Statistics Canada’s Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) released data showing most new condos are investor owned. The organization stated the data is increasingly important amidst public discussion about affordability. Ownership concentration […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Supply Surges, Banks See Lower Prices Ahead Canada’s big banks are adjusting their home price expectations even lower, after a sudden inventory jump. For a sixth consecutive month, new listings of existing homes for sale climbed. Supplies now sit […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Economists Are Skeptical of Job Strength, Discouraged Workers Jump 44% Canada’s job market continues to grow but economists warn context is important. The country added 64k jobs in September, which would have been a blowup job report pre-2020. A recent population […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Rates To Go Higher For Longer As Banks See Smaller Cuts Canadian mortgage borrowers may want to brace themselves for even higher interest costs. The Government of Canada (GoC) 5-year bond yield continues to climb rapidly, with this month representing […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Rates Set To Rise As Yields Go “Higher For Longer”: BMO Global bond yields are rising, and they’re about to take Canadian mortgage rates with them. The Government of Canada (GoC) 5-year bond hit a multi-year high, and other yields […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Balancing In A “Meaningful” Way, Pause Unlikely To Boost Market: BMO The Canadian real estate market is back to cooling after a brief jump in activity post-rate pause. Existing home sales fell, and new listings have been climbing to […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Housing Investment Is Correcting At The Fastest Rate Since The 80s Bubble Pop Canadian housing investment has never dropped this fast without popping a bubble. Residential investment dropped to $133.1 billion in Q3 2023, a 13.8% decline from last year. The […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s Student Visa Strategy Takes Off, Nearly 1 In 48 People On A Study Permit Canada’s strategy to grow its study permit business has taken off, helping its population soar. Study permits climbed 35% in Q2 2023, putting the country on track […]
