This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Buyers Aren’t Delivering Down Payments, and Toronto Condo Rental Inventory Climbs

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Buyers Trying To Walk Away From Purchases Become “Rampant” Canadian home buyers not delivering a downpayment after agreeing to buy a home is on the rise. A Greater Toronto broker is seeing an uptick of buyers not delivering […]

Canadian Real Estate Buyers Trying To Walk Away From Purchases Become “Rampant”

Canadian real estate buyers are starting to ghost sellers, after making offers. Marvin Alexander, president of Keller Williams Realty Centres, a Greater Toronto-based brokerage, notes an unusual uptick of buyers not delivering deposit cheques. He’s not alone. The broker is hearing similar stories from other brokerages across Greater Toronto, and suspects it might be a […]

CMHC: Nearly Half of Canadian Real Estate Markets Have “Moderate” Vulnerability

More Canadian real estate markets are seeing increased levels of vulnerability. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released the September edition of the Housing Market Assessment (HMA). The assessment shows almost half of Canada’s major real estate markets have moderate levels of risk now. Many markets are also benefiting from government pandemic supports. That means […]

Canada’s Largest Real Estate Markets See Permanent Resident Declines Accelerate

Canada’s largest real estate markets have seen another demand factor almost disappear. Government of Canada (GoC) data shows permanent residents admitted fell in July. The decline was strongest in two of the country’s largest real estate markets – Toronto and Vancouver. Meanwhile, Montreal is starting to see improvements, in contrast to last year. Toronto Permanent […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Home Buyers With Small Down Payments Rise, While Toronto Condo Prices Slip Lower

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate Canadian Homebuyers With Small Down Payments Grows For The First Time In Years Insured mortgage credit, for those with smaller down payments, increased for the first time in years. The balance of insured mortgages reached $476.53 billion in Q2 2020, up […]