Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s Largest Real Estate Developer Declared A Soft Landing. They’re Wrong Canada’s largest real estate developer has declared the country has officially made a soft landing. There’s just a few problems with that. First, it’s way too early to call, […]
Break out the champagne for the next open house, because it’s all clear sailing from here. That’s according to the CEO of one of Canada’s largest real estate developers, who declared Canadian real estate achieved a soft landing. The situation is not unlike the US being declared a soft landing in 2006, but just like […]
Toronto real estate buyers may be paying slightly more than last year, but there’s a lot less of them. Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) numbers show November at a multi-year low for sales. Toronto’s sales low came with higher than average inventory, but prices still moved higher due to a condo apartments. Toronto Real Estate […]
Canadians are exercising more caution before stepping into the real estate market. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show mortgage credit growth continued to drop in October. The pace of growth has only been this low for two months in the past 30 years, but is still on track to head even lower. Canadians Owe Over […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s Money Supply Prints Another Ominous Signal For The Housing Cycle The Canadian money supply is printing a warning sign. The growth rate of M2++, the broadest measure of Canadian money, fell to 5.1% – down 20.3% from last year. […]
Canadian real estate prices are in for some more bad news, if you think credit and prices are related. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the M2++ was still falling quickly in September. The quick declines follow a long period of growth, indicating the end of the business cycle. The end of the business cycle […]
Greater Toronto is seeing the fewest new real estate sales for October in over half a decade. Altus numbers, obtained from BILD, show sales made a huge nose dive in October. The sales decline resulted in higher inventory, and mixed price movements. Greater Toronto New Detached Prices Fall, While Condos Rise Greater Toronto is a […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Borrowing Rates Are Up 32% From All-Time Lows Hit 2 Years Ago Canadians are seeing the cost of borrowing rise quickly. The typical household loan now has an effective borrowing rate of 3.96% as of last Friday, up 3.39% […]
Canadians still have access to cheap credit, but it’s disappearing fast. Bank of Canada (BoC) numbers show the cost of borrowing is rapidly increasing as of last week. Over the past two years, a typical household loan has seen servicing costs rise by nearly a third. Effective Borrowing Rates The effective borrowing rate is the […]
Canadian’s withdrawing home equity can’t stop, won’t stop. Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) filings show the balance of loans secured by residential real estate hit a new record high in September. Despite fast rising interest rates, borrowing for HELOCs haven’t slowed down one bit. Loans Secured By Real Estate Loans secured by […]