July 4th Mortgage Industry Update
July 4th, 2017 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on May 24th that it’s overnight lending rate will remain at 0.50%. The prime rate remains at 2.70%. Fixed rates have slightly risen over the last week with the expectation they will further slightly increase in the upcoming weeks.
Additionally this week:
– Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey: Vancouver has overtaken Toronto as Canada’s most expensive city for expatriates according to annual ranking.
– Altus Group: Market for newly-built low-rise homes in GTA down in May. 76% drop with 545 sales (year over year), 68% below 10 year average.
– TREB: Total of 30% of current owners are either “very likely” (12%) or “somewhat likely” (18%) to list their house over the next 12 months.
– RENTCafé study: Looked at 30 best cities to live in around the world, Toronto landed on 11th spot in the list of the most renter friendly.
– CMHC: Foreign buyers showing increasing interest in Montreal market. 235 transactions recorded from January to April of this year, up 40%.
– Fitch Ratings: Unsustainable home prices, record high household leverage make Toronto, Vancouver’s housing markets vulnerable to correction.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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