4/5/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Feds face pressure over hot housing market ahead of 2021 budget
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4/2/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Lumber supply is low, but demand keeps rising as homeowners nest during the pandemic
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4/1/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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There are calls on policy-makers to take action to prevent a potential housing bubble due to prices going 'parabolic'.
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3/31/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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The Bank of Canada is seeing “worrying” signs that some Canadians are taking on too much debt to buy into the nation’s hot housing market.
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3/30/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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BMO Economics isn’t ruling out the possibility of a policy response to cool rapidly overheating Canadian real estate markets.
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3/30/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Long-term risks to the economy are being exacerbated by outsized demand, shrinking inventory
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3/25/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Sustained housing price increases still outpacing the recovery in fundamental factors, such as labour income, means Canada's national housing market remains moderately ... More

3/25/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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The Canadian housing market is “overheating” and policy makers need to take steps to cool it down, according to an economist at Royal Bank of Canada, the ... More

3/23/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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The aggregate price of a house in Canada's recreational regions is forecast to increase 15 per cent in 2021 to $502,730, as demand continues to rapidly outpace ... More

3/19/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Newly built Canadian homes are rising faster in price than at any time in more than three decades.
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3/18/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Our national real estate market is now in full-on boiling mode, according to a major Canadian bank.
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3/18/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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While home prices continued to increase between November and January, their rate of growth was declining on a monthly basis. That changed in February as monthly home price ... More

3/15/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales set another all-time record in February 2021.
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3/11/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Canada’s housing market is in a “huge bubble” after months of runaway price gains, according to economist David Rosenberg, who was bearish on US real estate ... More

2/24/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Canada's top central banker said Tuesday that the economy would continue to need monetary stimulus, likely until 2023, even though there are already signs it could be ... More

2/16/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales set another all-time record in January 2021.
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2/15/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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The suburbs surrounding Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver's are fueling an uptick in homes beginning construction and properties ready for occupancy, says Canada Mortgage and ... More

2/15/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Starts rebounded strongly from declines in December, says CMHC's chief economist. The trend in housing starts was 244,963 units in January 2021, up from 238,747 units in ... More

2/4/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Big cities in Canada will come back to life once the pandemic is over and so will demand for homes in them, according to a new paper by economists at Canadian Imperial Bank of ... More

2/2/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Despite quickly rising home prices and the uncertainty unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority (80%) of Canadians still believe home ownership is a good investment.
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1/20/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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e annual pace of housing starts in December fell compared with November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).
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1/15/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales set another all-time record in December 2020.
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1/13/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Plus, seven trends that could impact the real estate market
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1/11/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Affordability and space limitations continue to impact purchase decisions as only 14% of Canadians polled would consider buying a home in a major metropolitan area.
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1/5/2021 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Canadians are feeling more confident about the continued rise in home prices now than at any point in the previous three years, a trend Bloomberg and Nanos Research called a ... More

12/21/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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When the Liberal government proposed the foreign homebuyer tax in its fiscal update last month as part of a plan to lower home prices, it drew skepticism from observers who say ... More

12/21/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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The upward trend in Canadian housing starts continued in November, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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12/16/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales continued running at historically strong levels in November 2020.
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12/11/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Townhouse activity has been especially rabid in Canada's largest markets.
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11/25/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Stephen Gale
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Almost all households with expired debt referrals have resumed payments
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