Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Sales See Biggest January Since 2008 Canadian real estate sales had a really big January – one of the biggest in years. CREA reported 27,195 unadjusted sales in the month, up 11.5% from a year before. This was the […]
Canadian real estate sales were on fire last month, and not just in a few regions. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows sales across the country jumped in January. The rise in sales was the largest the month has seen in over a decade. That helped to push the sales volumes to the highest […]
Canada’s urban population is booming, and the usual suspects landed the most residents. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) population estimates show the country’s largest cities saw the biggest rise in population. The fastest rate of growth was located in smaller cities in Southern Ontario. Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver See The Most People The country’s biggest cities […]
Canadian households went from swimming in debt, to drowning in it last year. Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada (OSB) data shows a substantial climb for insolvencies in December. Every province in the country showed large growth, with half printing double digits. The swelling insolvencies led the national number of filings, to the highest […]
Canadian households are in a rush to get more debt, but only for mortgages apparently. Bank of Canada (BoC) data shows household debt reached a new all-time high in December. In general, household credit growth is rising. However, the rise in growth is due entirely to mortgages, where the rate of growth is rising at […]
Canadian real estate buyers are back in full force, and pushing debt levels once again. Bank of Canada (BoC) data shows mortgage credit reached a new all-time high in December. The all-time high isn’t surprising anyone these days. However, the pace of growth is now at the highest level in almost two years – and […]
Not a lot of real estate buyers across Canada are interested in the latest government buying scheme. Government of Canada (GoC) data shows the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FTHBI) received a cold reception. From the launch of the program, to the beginning of December, only two provinces represented the majority of applications. Those two provinces, […]
Canada is seeing a rise in highly indebted, and over-leveraged mortgage borrowers again. Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) data shows a rise in relatively large loans, when compared to borrower income, in Q4 2019. The increase has been rising over the past two years, and now represents the largest segment in the […]
Canadian real estate buyers are still feeling exuberant about the market. The US Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas‘ (Dallas Fed) exuberance indicator shows expectations are still high in Q3 2019. The index measures explosive price growth, that’s detached from fundamentals. Expectations are much lower than they were in 2017, but are still above critical levels. […]
Canadian real estate sales and development soared, and so have mortgage credit needs. New data from Statistics Canada (Stat Can) shows non-bank credit intermediaries (NBCI) have seen explosive growth. Over the past decade, NBCI dealing with mortgages have more than tripled their assets. Mortgages: NBCIs, MFCs, and MICs Today we’re looking at NBCIs, something not […]
