Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Odd: Canadian Mortgage Credit Growth Is Rising, While Consumer Growth Falls Household credit growth is picking up from earlier this year, but still below last year’s levels. The balance of credit outstanding hit $2.22 trillion in July, up 3.6% from […]
Greater Vancouver real estate is improving, but it’s not even close to normal yet. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) numbers show a big climb in sales in August. The rise in sales was met with a jump in inventory though, offsetting most of the improvement. The region continued to see falling prices, with […]
Toronto and Vancouver real estate owners are flocking to home equity loans. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) numbers show debt payments increased in almost every segment in Q1 2019. The largest growth was in home equity lines of credit (HELOC). Obligated payments for HELOCs grew at almost 3x the rate of the second fastest […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s GDP Gets A Boost By Deepening Reliance On Real Estate Canada’s GDP got a big boost from real estate in the last quarter. Residential investment reached $136.9 billion in Q2 2019, up 1.35% from the previous quarter. This still represents […]
Greater Vancouver real estate developers are launching less units – a lot less. MLA Canada numbers show July saw the fewest new pre-sale units launched in years. Developers have been delaying new releases in response to weak absorption. Fewer launches did help to firm up the absorption ratio, but even with the “firming” sales came […]
Canadian real estate owners with large mortgages are falling behind on payments. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) data shows a climbing delinquency rate on large mortgages in Q1 2019. The rate remains relatively low, but does show the trend is reversing, and the market peak is behind us. What Are You Looking At? Today […]
Greater Vancouver condo sales are up, but prices fell even further last month. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) numbers show a big jump in sales in July. However, the double digit jump in volume wasn’t quite enough to bring prices higher. The price of a typical condo continued to slide, falling to a […]
Canada’s fast moving real estate market is still seeing demand shift to the East Coast. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data shows the sales to new listings ratio improved in July. On the national level, there was only a small increase. However, that’s because large gains in the East, are being weighed down by large […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Yield Curves: Canada’s Recession Indicator Is Now Flashing Red Alert Another indicator is warning that a recession is likely approaching in Canada. The 10-2 spread, the difference between 10 and 2 year government bonds, turned negative. A negative spread, a.k.a. yield […]
Canadian real estate price growth may not be what it appears to be, according to a Big Six bank. Teranet – National Bank of Canada House Price Index (TNB HPI) numbers show a prices increased in July. However, the growth rate is down to the lowest level since the Great Recession. The index authors also […]
