This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Bubble Exuberance Fades, and Mortgage Lending Shrinks

Time For your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Bubble Sentiment Is Collapsing Fast: US Federal Reserve Data Canadian real estate bubble sentiment is collapsing but remains frothy. A US Federal Reserve model shows Q3 2021 was the 26th quarter the market showed exuberance. That means the […]

Canadian Inflation Pressure Is Broadening Across Categories As It Hits 3 Decade High

Canadian inflation didn’t hear your transitory call apparently — it’s widening to other categories. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the consumer price index (CPI) soared in January. The annual growth rate reached 5.1% for the month, advancing from 4.8% a month before. Canada’s inflation hasn’t grown this fast since September 1991, three decades ago. […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Sees Supply Rise Faster Than Population & Suspicious Money Soars

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Housing Grew Faster Than Population, Speculative Mindset Building: BMO Canada’s housing supply is growing faster than the population and has been for decades. BMO economists dived into the latest Census data and found the population grew 5.2% from 2016 to 2021, […]