January 16th Mortgage Industry Update
January 16th, 2018 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on December 6th that it’s overnight lending rate will remain at 1.00%. The prime rate remains the same. It is common prediction for rates to rise another 2 times by the end of 2018. Most fixed rates have now stabilized in the 3%+ range.
Additionally this week:
– Royal LePage: Canada’s residential real estate market saw strong but slowing year-over-year price growth in the fourth quarter of 2017. Based on data in 53 markets, the price of a home in Canada increased 10.8% year-over-year to $626,042 in the quarter.
– CMHC: Last year was a blockbuster for Canada’s real estate developers after work began on the most homes in a decade amid soaring demand nationwide. Construction started on 219,675 units, according to 2017 data, up from 197,916 in 2016 and the most since 2007.
– Royal LePage: Median price of two-storey home rose 11.1% year-over-year to $741,924, bungalow climbed 7.1% to $522,963. Condo grew faster than any other housing type studied, rising 14.3% to $420,823 on a year-over-year basis. 19.5% in GTA, 19.6% in the City of Toronto.
– Total sales in the Greater Montreal Area increased 8% to 44,448 on the strength of condominium sales and good overall activity on the Island of Montreal. Sales growth exceeded 20% in five of the city’s most popular boroughs. GTA was down 18%, GVA was down 10%.
– Statistics Canada: 78,600 new positions in December, smashing analysts’ expectations of a modest 1,000 jobs gain. The jobless rate dipped to a 41-year low of 5.7%.
– TREB: Homes in the Greater Toronto Area were selling for an average $822,681 in 2017, up 12.7% from the previous year. Sales down 18.3% compared to 2016. Average price for all housing types the last month of 2017 was $735,021, up from $730,125, or 0.7 per cent, from a year earlier. But that December price was down 3.5 per cent from the November’s average price.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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