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Canada's residential real estate market showed strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2015, led by hot Vancouver and Toronto markets according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey1 and Market Survey Forecast2 released today. Looking forward to 2016, Royal LePage expects continued price increases in most markets, but not at the pace that has been the recent norm. Instead, the national real estate […]
The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 203,502 units in December compared to 208,204 in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts. “A decrease in both the multiple and single starts segments drove […]
Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced changes to the rules for government-backed mortgage insurance this week. Effective February 15, 2016, the minimum down payment for new insured mortgages will increase from 5 per cent to 10 per cent for the portion of the house price above $500,000. The 5 per cent minimum down payment for properties […]
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Global economic growth is evolving essentially as the Bank had anticipated in its October Monetary Policy Report (MPR). The US economy […]
According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales increased in October 2015 from the previous month. Highlights: National home sales rose by 1.8% from September to October. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was little changed (+0.1%) compared to October 2014. The number of newly listed homes was up […]
Canadian employment surged by 44,000 in October 2015, which was above mar- ket expectations for a 10,000 increase although with much of the gain appearing to be the result of temporary hiring for the October 19, 2015 federal government election. The October gain built on 12,000 increases in both August and Septem- ber. 35,000 of […]
Mortgage loan insurance is typically required by lenders when homebuyers make a down payment of less than 20% of the purchase price. Mortgage loan insurance helps protect lenders against mortgage default, and enables consumers to purchase homes with a minimum down payment of 5% — with interest rates comparable to those with a 20% down payment. To obtain mortgage […]
