Canadian real estate prices saw weakness in the second half. The Teranet–National Bank of Canada House Price Index (Teranet HPI) shows more than half of major urban markets saw declines in December. Two of the largest, Toronto and Vancouver, were just off of all-time highs, but yet to print a correction. Meanwhile, Montreal has hit […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Mortgage Growth Keeps Dropping, Prints New 17 Year Low Canadian mortgage growth dropped to a multi-year low. The balance of outstanding mortgage credit reached $1.53 trillion in November, up 3.2% from last year. While the dollar amount is at […]
Canadians love real estate so much, they’ve sent price growth higher than almost all of its peers. US Federal Reserve numbers show the market had the highest price growth of any G7 country, as of 2018 Q3. Just last year, prices in Canada were the fastest growing annually in the group. This year, they’re the […]
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house – not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Well, except for Evan Siddall… fine, it was the afternoon and he was on Twitter. On Christmas Eve, the CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) defended mortgage stress testing. The head of […]
Vancouver’s detached real estate market has wiped out over a year of gains. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) numbers show prices continued to fall in December. The falling prices were accompanied by a record low for sales, and higher inventory. Greater Vancouver Detached Prices Fall Over 7% The price of a typical Vancouver […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Household Debt Is Back Above US Great Recession Numbers Canadian household debt to income ratio (DTI) are now above peak US levels. Household DTI reached 166.79% in Q3 2018, up 0.15% from last year. That might seem low if […]
Vancouver real estate, welcome to the bear market. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) numbers show price declines became larger in December. The drop in prices came with a huge decline in sales, and a surge in inventory. Greater Vancouver Real Estate Prices Fall Over 2.7% The price of a “typical” home across Greater […]
Canadian households just demonstrated debt is more complicated than bank economists think. Statistics Canada numbers, adjusted by former Maclean’s business editor Jason Kirby, show Canada’s debt to income ratio made a huge jump in Q3 2018. Canadian debt to income levels are now back above the US pre-Great Recession peak. That level, which is notoriously […]
Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Price Gains Continue To Taper, Annual Growth Falls Below 2% After an epic run, Canadian real estate prices are starting to taper in growth. The price of a typical home across Canada reached $618,800 in November, up […]
Canada’s largest bank believes real estate affordability will continue to deteriorate. RBC Economics updated their Affordability Index for Q3 2018. The index, which shows how much a household would pay for a mortgage, printed one of the worst levels in history. Analysts from the bank expect affordability to get worse in 2019, as interest rates […]
