December 11th Mortgage Industry Update
December 11th, 2018 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on December 5th that it’s overnight lending rate will remain at 1.75%. The prime rate remains 3.95%. The common prediction currently stands at the Bank of Canada will gradually increase rates in 2019.
Additionally this week:
– Breaking News: Bank of Canada stands still on the overnight rate at 1.75%. Good news for variable rate mortgage holders as there is no expected change in prime rates!
– Bank of Canada: October showed that the national mortgage market experienced one of the slowest months of growth on record; just a 3.4% increase from 2017. Inching dangerously close to historically lowest levels of below 3.2%, in April + May 2001.
– TREB: Average selling price across GTA in November was $788,345, up 3.5% from 2017, but slightly down from October’s average price of $807,340. Semi-detached housing strongest performing sector with average prices up 8.3% to $791,760 from 2017. Condo prices up 7.5% to $556,723.
– TREB: New listings of properties available for purchase in the GTA sank 26.1% last month from 2017. Total active listings fell 9.8% to 16,420 units. Sales fell sharply by 14.7% to 6,251 from 2017, 3.4% to 6,588 units from October. Biggest monthly drop in eight months.
– Mattamy Homes Canada CEO: Canadian government should begin to ease on much-tightened mortgage regulations introduced at beginning of year, as rules have already fulfilled mandate of moderating housing markets. “We’re going to continue to lobby for a pullback now on B-20”.
– National MLS sales activity down 11.7% year-over-year in first 8 months of 2018, down to 327,206 units. National average price stood at $452,233 from January to August this year, declining by 3.7% annually. First observed decline in national sales prices since 2009 recession.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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