Canadian home sales continue to cool, logging another month of declining volumes. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows home sales fell in July 2021. It was the first annual decline seen in over a year. Despite the negative factors, it was still the second biggest July for home sales ever. Canadian Home Sales Fell […]
Canadian immigration is starting to improve to pre-pandemic levels. Government of Canada (GoC) data shows permanent residents admitted made a big jump in Q2 2021. The increase was actually enough to push the quarter to pre-pandemic levels. Admissions are still relatively weak, but it’s a huge improvement from the end of last year. Especially in […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s Largest Source Of Money Laundered Funds For Real Estate Is… Canadians Dirty money from Canada is the biggest source of cash laundered through real estate. Global Financial Integrity (GFI) conducted a study, and found US$626.3 million ($822.7 million) of real […]
Canadian real estate has seen record sales and record prices — fueled by record mortgage debt. Bank of Canada (BoC) data shows banks held a record amount of mortgage debt in Q1 2021. If broken down by region, we can see Ontario and PEI are the fastest-growing markets. Considering Ontario is such a large balance, […]
Canadians are world-class when it comes to real estate… money laundering. Not just when it comes to laundering foreign capital, but the domestic stuff as well. That’s the take from the data shared by Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The Washington, DC-based anti-corruption organization found significant cash laundered through real estate. They only really scratched the […]
Canada’s massive multi-billion dollar program to create affordable housing will only have a “limited” impact. That’s the take from the non-partisan Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), tasked with explaining the numbers behind policies, to lawmakers. They found the federal program is billed as a “$70+ billion plan,” but failed to find a significant impact. In fact, […]
Toronto condo prices are falling, according to the country’s biggest real estate board. Though people are bidding over ask, and inventory is tightening, paradoxically. That’s what the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) data shows for July. The mix of indicators all adds up to a balanced market, but the picture of where it’s heading […]
Two of Canada’s most important markets, which often lead the trend, are moving in an unusual way — together. Despite being across the country from each other, both markets saw a surge in the sales to new listings ratio (SNLR) for July. The measure, which gives a read on demand, shows inventory is getting tighter. […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate The Canadian Property Bubble Has Grown For 24 Years, Longer Than Any Other G7 Canadian real estate is currently in the middle of the longest expansion of home prices in the G7. Home prices in the country have currently gone 24 […]
Canadian home prices made a big jump in the second quarter, especially existing homes. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows large advances in the Big Six real estate markets in Q2 2021. Both new and existing home prices increased very quickly. However, existing home prices grew at twice the rate of new homes. Canada’s Big […]
