Ontario real estate will rise forever, since young adults wouldn’t move, right? That’s not what interprovincial migration data from Statistics Canada (Stat Can) shows. We talked about Ontario’s record outflows in Q2 2022, yesterday. The demographic moving deserves a deeper dive though, and where they’re moving is an important point to consider. A perfect storm […]
Canadian real estate owners are doubling down on their windfall and becoming landlords. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) Census 2021 data reveals a boom in new homes used as rentals. Low rates have helped investors outcompete first-time homebuyers, as institutions have warned. New supply has seen the smallest share go to end users in decades, according […]
Canadian real estate is some of the most expensive in the world, and incomes are struggling to keep up with it. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) Census 2021 data shows over a quarter of homeowners in urban downtowns are in shelter poverty. The term is used to define a household that spends more than 30% of […]
Forecasts no longer expect Canada to avoid a hard landing for the economy or real estate, as inflation sends internet rates soaring.
BMO is warning Canadian investors that a hard landing is now unavoidable as interest rates are forced higher by inflation.
Canada’s economy and real estate are in for a hard landing that kicks off within six months, warned Oxford Economics.
Canadian real estate prices just made the largest monthly drop ever in the history of the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index.
Canadian real estate affordability is getting worse as the market adjusts to higher rates. A Bank of Canada (BoC) update to its Housing Affordability Index (HAI) shows a sharp climb in Q2 2022. An average household now requires nearly half their income to service a mortgage. It’s a level rarely seen in Canada, and experts […]
Canada’s large banks warn an “enormous” shock to real estate is coming, and a hard landing will start as early as this year.
Canadian real estate will see a second shock as mortgage pre-approvals secured at much lower rates fade, according to BMO.
