Canadian real estate prices are starting to take a breather, after an epic run. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show prices across the country were down a few points in December. The vast majority of markets are now off all-time highs, with only two printing records in December. Canadian Real Estate Prices Are Down […]
Canadian real estate sales continue to cool. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show sales dropped to a multi-year low for December. Weakness was on display across the country, with only one major market seeing minor growth. Canadian Real Estate Sales Make Largest December Drop Since 2012 Canadian real estate sales printed on of worst […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Growth Keeps Dropping, Prints New 17 Year Low Canadian mortgage growth dropped to a multi-year low. The balance of outstanding mortgage credit reached $1.53 trillion in November, up 3.2% from last year. While the dollar amount is at […]
Canadians love real estate so much, they’ve sent price growth higher than almost all of its peers. US Federal Reserve numbers show the market had the highest price growth of any G7 country, as of 2018 Q3. Just last year, prices in Canada were the fastest growing annually in the group. This year, they’re the […]
Slow Canadian real estate sales are still dragging mortgage credit growth lower. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show outstanding mortgage credit reached a new record high in November. The high was accompanied by slowing growth, which is showing signs that it could slow further. Canadians Have Over $1.539 Trillion In Mortgage Debt The balance of […]
Canadian households just demonstrated debt is more complicated than bank economists think. Statistics Canada numbers, adjusted by former Maclean’s business editor Jason Kirby, show Canada’s debt to income ratio made a huge jump in Q3 2018. Canadian debt to income levels are now back above the US pre-Great Recession peak. That level, which is notoriously […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Price Gains Continue To Taper, Annual Growth Falls Below 2% After an epic run, Canadian real estate prices are starting to taper in growth. The price of a typical home across Canada reached $618,800 in November, up […]
After years of overheated growth, Canadian real estate price gains are tapering. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show prices for a benchmark (a.k.a. typical) home across Canada slowed in growth in November. Prices are beginning to stall after years of explosive growth across most of the country. Canadian Real Estate Prices Rise Less Than […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate The Canadian Real Estate Industry Lowers 2019 Sales Forecast For A Third Time The Canadian real estate industry is lowering their forecast for a third time. CREA now expects 458,200 sales in 2018, down 11.2% from the year before. The […]
Canadian real estate markets are cooling, especially in Western Canada. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show the SNLR fell across Canada. The indicator, used to gauge demand by the industry, increased in just 3 major real estate markets – all in Eastern Canada. Markets in Western Canada led the index lower, while Toronto chilled […]
