Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Is Considering A Risky Move To Fund More Mortgages With Foreign Capital Covered bonds are an increasingly popular method banks use to fund mortgages. Virtually non-existent in Canada before the Great Recession, they now fund 9% of mortgages at […]
Canadian real estate buyers were “ running out of land” last year, but now they’re running out of money. The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the Office of The Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) are currently reviewing the limits of covered bonds that can be issued. Banks have become increasingly dependent on these bonds for […]
Toronto condo prices just keep ballooning, although less than they have been recently. Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) numbers show the price of a typical condo reached an all-time high in June. Some of the pressure to move higher is finally being released though, as sales fall faster than inventory. Typical Toronto Condo Price Reaches […]
Toronto real estate is about to get a whole lot of supply. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) numbers show Toronto CMA is just under the all-time high for homes under construction. Over 3 out of 4 of those units under constructions are condo apartments. The number of condos under construction vs population increase ratio, […]
Canadian real estate prices are heading for negative growth, and fast. The Teranet–National Bank of Canada House Price Index (Teranet HPI) shows many markets at new record highs when it comes to prices. Record high prices are meeting higher interest rates though, and sending growth to multi-year lows. Teranet HPI Vs CREA The Teranet HPI […]
Toronto real estate sales sometimes fall through, it’s a reality of any market. It’s often not until a few months later that we find out how many sales actually closed. Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) data shows sales fell through at a higher rate than usual last year. In a small window where price growth […]
Toronto’s detached real estate is showing signs of improvement, but it’s far from a recovery. Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) numbers show prices are down by tens of thousands of dollars in June. The lower prices did provide a little motivation for buyers, sending sales up from last year. Don’t get too excited though, it […]
Canadian real estate sales are trending lower, and taking mortgage growth with it. May’s numbers from the Bank of Canada (BoC) show we’ve hit the lowest pace of growth in years. Despite the low levels of growth, this number appears to be heading even lower. Annualizing Data To Understand Performance First, you’ll need to know WTF […]
Toronto real estate showed signs of life for the first time in a year, although there are a whole lot of footnotes. Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) reported Greater Toronto price declines improved in May, compared to last month. Although they’re still down from the year before. Sales definitely did spike though! … but only […]
Statistics Canada has updated the non-resident real estate ownership stats for Greater Toronto. Finally, some data!
