Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Delinquencies Just Made A Rare, Historic Jump Canadian banks are experiencing a sudden and abrupt climb in mortgage delinquencies—again. Banks reported the arrears rate climbed 1 basis point to 0.26% in December, the highest since June 2020. However, the key […]
Following one of the weakest years on record, Toronto developers just had the worst start to a year ever.BILD GTA and Altus Group data show Greater Toronto new home sales slipped lower in January, making it the weakest on record. The pullback in inventory was met with an even larger drop in sales, leaving the […]
Canada’s largest housing markets just added another entry to their growing list of warning signs. New CMHC and TransUnion data shows mortgage delinquency rates in Toronto and Vancouver climbed in Q3 2025. Vancouver’s rate has more than doubled from its 2022 record low, though it remains below the national level. Toronto wishes its rate only […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Long-Term Unemployment At ’90s Levels, 6 Months To Find A Job Canadians may want to put aside more savings, just in case of job market disruption. Nearly 1.5 million people were unemployed in January, while job vacancies continue to grind lower. […]
Toronto real estate demand faces a new headwind—a shrinking population. Statistics Canada (StatCan) estimates the population of the Toronto CMA contracted in 2025, marking the only non-pandemic contraction in the region’s history. Young adults are fleeing to other provinces (or countries), leaving fewer families behind. The result is a stark demographic flip, where 1 in […]
National data won’t be available until later this month, but early data suggests it won’t be flattering. Looking at major markets, RBC economists saw further demand erosion in January. The bank warns that demand is eroding faster than supply, with few exceptions, resulting in further downward pressure on home prices in the near term. Canadian […]
Toronto real estate continues to defy all odds, but this time it’s to the downside. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) data shows prices fell further in January, extending a crash that now rivals the largest in the country’s history. Sales are still weak, as the investor-dominated market remains out of reach for end-users. The […]
Canada’s largest real estate market runs on speculation, not housing demand. That’s the core message from the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) latest report, outlining the mechanics of a Ponzi scheme, without dropping the P-bomb. They warn that falling investor returns, driven by higher interest rates, now threaten builder models, suggesting these homes aren’t viable as […]
Most Canadian real estate markets have resisted the national price decline—but that resilience is cracking. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows the price of a typical home fell in December, with only PEI and Quebec posting gains. While most of the downward pressure has been concentrated in Ontario and BC, Nova Scotia abruptly posted […]
Canadian real estate developers are sitting on a record pile of unsold new homes. CMHC data shows completed and unsold new homes hit a record in December, a rare sight in a country where most units are sold pre-construction. Even more surprising is that half of these vacant new homes are in Toronto and Vancouver, […]
