Canadian Real Estate Fueled By Pre-Approvals, “Enormous” Shock Coming: BMO
Canadian real estate will see a second shock as mortgage pre-approvals secured at much lower rates fade, according to BMO.
Canadian real estate will see a second shock as mortgage pre-approvals secured at much lower rates fade, according to BMO.
Canada’s best performing real estate markets during the boom were in Southern Ontario, and now they’re the worst performing.
Canadian real estate prices are now back to the lowest level since November 2021, with annual growth likely to turn negative soon.
RBC no longer sees a soft-landing as a possibility, and now expects a moderate recession will kick off as early as the end of this year.
Canadian households saw their net work drop by $1 trillion in Q2, the largest quarterly decline in history.
Canadian household debt is climbing much faster than income, and that’s going to limit their ability to respond in a crisis.
Top stories in Canadian real estate include a hard landing for the economy, and real estate’s unsustainable growth according to the BoC.
BMO is hiking its interest rate forecast for Canada and the US by 25 basis points, on news of strong data and stubborn inflation.
Canadian employment fell once again in July, falling for a third consecutive month. The unemployment rate also jumped, but remains low.
Canadian real estate was unsustainable and inflation is still rising, warned the Bank of Canada in a statement following rate hikes.