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2024 rate-cut forecasts being revised following today's mixed-bag jobs report
2/9/2024 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Paul DeAdder
Today's employment report for January, in which the unemployment rate ticked down, has caused bond markets and economist to further reel-in their rate-cut forecasts for the ... More
Bank of Canada says housing affordability is about boosting supply, not lowering interest rates
2/7/2024 | Posted in Real Estate Market by Paul DeAdder
Monetary policy can’t do everything, central bank governor Tiff Macklem says
... MoreCanada reports fastest population growth in history in third quarter of 2023
1/22/2024 | Posted in Canada Living by Paul DeAdder
Canada’s pace of population growth continues to set records as the country brings in a historic number of temporary residents, largely through international student and ... More
The latest in mortgage news: record population growth to keep upward pressure on home prices
7/21/2023 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Paul DeAdder
Canada’s expected population growth will worsen the already limited housing supply and result in even higher home prices, according to a new report.
... MoreCanada's population will hit record 40M on Friday: StatCan
6/15/2023 | Posted in Canada Living by Paul DeAdder
Statistics Canada says the country will reach a new milestone on Friday as the population hits a record 40 million people.
... MoreCondo boom puts Toronto atop Crane Index ... again
4/13/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Paul DeAdder
The booming Greater Toronto Area has again taken top spot on the North American Crane Index, with the region hosting an astounding 27 per cent of the cranes counted in 14 of ... More
10 first-time homebuyer trends
2/24/2020 | Posted in First Time Home Buyers by Paul DeAdder
Genworth Canada’s 2019 First-Time Homeownership Study provides a snapshot of the demographics of Canada’s first-time homebuyers (FTBs), what’s motivating them ... More
Immigration continues to supercharge the engines of Canadian housing
2/19/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Paul DeAdder
The pace of inbound immigration to Canada – cited as the fastest among the G7 nations – is driving an unprecedented housing boom.
... MoreExpect a seller's market this year
1/7/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market Predictions by Paul DeAdder
The lack of housing supply is expected to remain a pressing concern this year as Canada moves further to a seller's market, market watchers say.
... MoreNewcomers represent one in five home purchases in Canada
10/16/2019 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Paul DeAdder
This demographic is likely to account for nearly 700,000 home sales over the next five years.
... MoreGTA market fundamentals to remain robust going forward
8/17/2019 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Paul DeAdder
Exceptional job growth in the Greater Toronto Area, along with consistently high immigration, has spurred strong rental demand through the first half of 2019.
... MoreToronto is still the number 1 Canadian migration city
7/9/2019 | Posted in Toronto News by Paul DeAdder
U-Haul’s annual migration trends report for 2018 shows more people are moving to Toronto.
... MoreImmigration volume will fuel further housing demand
4/30/2019 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Paul DeAdder
For the foreseeable future, immigration will continue stoking the need for housing in Canada’s largest cities, according to RBC Economic Research.
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