June 27th, 2023 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on June 7th that its overnight lending rate will increase to 4.75%. Inflation in Canada increased surprisingly last month along with strong job and GDP numbers. The latest data remains in line with the expectation that inflation will come down to around 3% shortly. The prime rate increases to 6.95%.
Additionally this week:
– Statistics Canada: Real estate secured debt went up by 0.2% ($4.5B) to reach $2.289.9T in April. Total household credit liability ticked up by 0.2% to reach $2.853.0T. Household mortgage debt went up by 0.2% on a monthly basis and by 2.6% on annualized basis to $2.120.7T in April.
– Teranet Composite House Price Index: Home prices rose between April and May across Canada’s big cities; 1.6% price increase. First time in 11 months that Index saw an uptick in home prices after adjusting for seasonal effects – going up 0.6% after 10 consecutive monthly declines.
– Statistics Canada: Mortgage interest costs have risen by 70% as of Q1 on an annual basis. Also have risen 12.6% over last quarter. Share of mortgages with an amortization period of longer than 25 years has risen sharply to 48.2%. Up from 46% a year ago and 37% in Q1 2021.
– Canada’s population has surpassed 40 million people, according to Statistics Canada. The population growth rate currently stands at 2.7 per cent. That’s the highest annual growth rate since 1957.
– Statistics Canada: Mortgage borrowing has reached its lowest level since 2003, primarily due to the impact of higher interest rates. During the first quarter of this year, households added a net of $11.2 billion in mortgage debt, marking the smallest increase in two decades.
– CREA: May home sales jumped by 5.1% over the previous month. Up 1.4% annually. But new listings remain mired at historical lows despite increasing by 6.8% over April. This news means home sales have now risen in four consecutive months.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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