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 households saw their net work drop by $1 trillion in Q2, the largest quarterly decline in history.
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.
Oxford Economics now sees a moderate recession after the Bank of Canada now needs more aggressive rate hikes due to persistent inflation.
Canada’s economy was a little less dependent on real estate in the last quarter, but still nearly 30% more dependent than the US in 2006.
RBC quarterly filings reveal the bank is seeing its baseline expectations for Canadian real estate prices erode even further.