Canadian real estate prices are slowing in growth, but they made a wild run over the past few years. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show price growth made a huge deceleration into October. Price growth is now close to target inflation, but over the past 5 years they’ve increased by over 44%. Not just […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Real Canadian Mortgage Credit Growth Is Pointing To An Early 80s Style Meltdown Canadian real estate sales are dropping, and taking credit growth with it. The growth of mortgage credit fell to 3.38% in September, compared to last year. The […]
Canadian real estate sales continue its slide lower. Canada Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show sales fell across the country in October. The trend of higher sales in Ontario and East continued, with mixed results in the GTA. BC’s continued declines were the most significant drag on the numbers this month. Canadian Real Estate Sales […]
Time for your weekly cheat of this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s National Housing Agency Thinks Prices Are Too Steep, Even With The Declines The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada’s national housing agency, thinks Canadian real estate is overpriced. The agency’s quarterly report calls the national market overvalued, and highly […]
Canadians held onto more cash, but a credit slowdown is still brewing. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the M1+ saw mild acceleration in August. Don’t let the mild acceleration of broad money growth fool you, it’s actually still pretty bad. The pace of growth is almost half of where it was last year, and is […]
Canadian real estate sales made a larger than exepcted decline in September, as the market got hit with the worst September since 2012.
Canadian real estate prices are stalling, according the country’s largest land registry operator and a Big Six bank.
The Canadian real estate market continues to get cooler. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show declines to the sales to new listings ratio (SNLR) in all but 3 major markets for August . The declines to SNLRs were largest Greater Toronto and Vancouver, last year’s hottest markets. Sales To New Listings Ratio The sales […]
Canadian real estate used to borrow more debt reached a new record higher. Office of the Superintendent Financial of Institutions (OSFI) filings show the balance of loans secured by homes reached a new high in July 2018. The vast majority of the balance is due to personal loans like HELOCs, which are actually seeing growth […]
The Canadian real estate industry expects sales to slow further than previously thought. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) economists have revised their annual forecasts. The good news is the summer was better than expected, leading to an improved outlook for 2018. The bad news is the ambitious 2019 forecast is looking less ambitious. CREA now […]
