Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Prices Exit Holding Pattern, Dive Towards Hard Landing Since the initial plunge in 2022, existing home prices have moved sideways, waiting for the market to make up its mind. It appears it has, with prices moving lower—shedding 0.4% in […]
Home prices moved lower at the national level, but that reality isn’t aligned with buyers in most provinces. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows the price of a typical home fell in January, but most provinces saw prices rise. The decline has been largely confined to BC and Ontario, where weak sales and robust […]
Canadian real estate prices have come down, but this level still isn’t working for anyone. CIBC Economics wrote to investors this week, explaining prices have come down considerably, improving affordability. More affordable isn’t the same as affordable though, with demand nearly collapsing. The bank warns that housing starts have been misleading, reflecting past demand—not current. […]
After more than 3 years of moving sideways, Canadian home prices picked a direction—down. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows sales fell in January, with the trade industry attributing it to winter storms. Sellers didn’t seem to mind the storms either, continuing to brave the conditions to hold open houses, like the gosh darn […]
Canadian inflation is slowing, but most households are unlikely to be feeling that relief. Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated in January, fueling speculation that rate cuts may be on the horizon. A closer look reveals the entire deceleration can be accounted for by just mobile phone plans. Not because households are forking […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Long-Term Unemployment At ’90s Levels, 6 Months To Find A Job Canadians may want to put aside more savings, just in case of job market disruption. Nearly 1.5 million people were unemployed in January, while job vacancies continue to grind lower. […]
The Bank of Canada (BoC) official who put the productivity “crisis” in the spotlight, returned this week with a familiar fix: invest in artificial intelligence (AI). Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers urged businesses to adopt AI, comparing its productivity potential to the adoption of the internet. BMO chief economist Douglas Porter dumped cold water on those […]
The Government of Canada is aggressively reducing its workforce, but it should consider the environment it helped create. It’s taking workers much longer to find a job, according to January data from Statistics Canada (StatCan)—which was also just directed to slash 1 in 10 of its own jobs. The share of workers now considered long-term […]
Toronto real estate demand faces a new headwind—a shrinking population. Statistics Canada (StatCan) estimates the population of the Toronto CMA contracted in 2025, marking the only non-pandemic contraction in the region’s history. Young adults are fleeing to other provinces (or countries), leaving fewer families behind. The result is a stark demographic flip, where 1 in […]
Canada’s central bank just told business leaders to prepare for economic pain that will outlast most of them. Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem declared the country’s old economy dead last Wednesday in Toronto, warning of “painful” and permanent restructuring that will take decades. He’s advocating for big gambles he admits may not work, […]
