July 18th Mortgage Industry Update
July 18th, 2017 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on July 12th that it’s overnight lending rate will increase from 0.50% to 0.75%. The prime rate at almost all institutions has increased from 2.70% to 2.95%, the first increase in 7 years. Fixed rates have slightly risen over the last 3 weeks and seem to have stabilized now.
Additionally this week:
– Royal LePage forecasting GTA will close out the year with an average price of $862,264 – an 18.5% year-over-year increase.
– Ontario government data: Half of real estate transactions involving a foreign buyer in the Greater Golden Horseshoe took place in Toronto.
– The Bank of Canada estimates real GDP growth to moderate from 2.8% in 2017 to 2% in 2018 and 1.6% in 2019.
– TREB: June figures reveal 7,974 sales, down 37.6% from a year earlier while listings were up 15.9%. Average selling price up 6.3% to $793,915.
– The Bank of Canada has raised its key overnight interest rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent.
– Canada added more than four times the number of jobs economists had expected in June, capping the best quarter since 2010.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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