This week’s cheat sheet includes how Canada eliminated its real estate bubble with data revisions, and experts forecast bigger declines.
The Bank of Canada is telling the public they know higher rates are “difficult,” but ultimate leads to a lower cost of living.
Yet another Canadian financial institution thinks real estate is worse than we think. Desjardins made a sharp downward revision to its forecast for Canadian real estate prices. The revision comes after fundamentals eroded faster than expected, already hitting their previous forecast price drop. By the end of next year, they see the average home price […]
Canada’s real estate bubble suddenly disappeared with a new revision to how it measures prices. It hit another bubble with that method too.
The Bank of Canada Housing Affordability Index shows it hasn’t been this hard to buy a home since the early 90s real estate bubble.
The Greater Toronto rollercoaster might be giving detached sellers that sinking feeling. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) data shows detached prices fell in July. The benchmark for single-family units fell by tens of thousands in the month. Some markets even saw prices fall over $100,000 in the 31 day period — yikes. But it’s […]
This week’s top stories include RBC calling the deepest correction for Canadian real estate in a half-century, and small towns are booming.
Canada’s largest bank might be its largest real estate bear after last month’s sales. This week RBC explained to investors that a Canadian real estate correction is here. Following downward revisions to the bank’s forecast, key markets reported further erosion. They see the correction spreading wider, and may be the deepest in half a century. […]
Canada’s debt problem hit the pause button on consequences for the past couple years, but it’s back. Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada (OSB) data shows a sharp uptick for consumer insolvencies in Q2 2022. The province’s biggest cities carried most of the growth, even making up for the drops seen in some smaller […]
Canadian real estate markets are fully in a downturn and things are going to get worse before they get better. This week, Canada’s two major real estate markets reported falling home prices and sales for July. It comes as more households expect home prices to fall than rise, which hasn’t been the case in a […]
