February 4th Mortgage Industry Update
February 4th, 2020 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on January 22nd that it’s overnight lending rate will remain at 1.75%. The prime rate remains 3.95%. The common prediction currently stands that the Bank of Canada will likely keep rates consistent for early 2020, with the next major move likely being a rate decrease.
Additionally this week:
– TREB reported the detached benchmark reached $961,100 in December, up 5.8% from 2018. Marks the 7th consecutive month of acceleration. The City of Toronto is naturally higher at $1,157,100, up 5.44% over the same period. This marks an acceleration in growth, not seen in years.
– Movinga study Best Cities for Families 2020: Three Canadian cities were ranked among the 10 most family-friendly places in the world out of 150 metropolises. Quebec City emerged as the world’s second most family-friendly city, Calgary was ranked eighth, and Montreal ninth.
– Bank of Canada projects the global economy will grow by just over 3 percent in 2020 and 3 ¼ percent in 2021. For Canada, the Bank now forecasts real GDP will grow by 1.6 percent this year and 2 percent in 2021, following 1.6 percent growth in 2019.
– TREB: There were 5,367 condominium apartment sales in the GTA in Q4 2019, this was a 3.8% increase from 2018. New listings down 11.9%. Average price of a condo sold up 10.4% year-over-year to $616,591. In the City of Toronto, the average price increase was 10.3% year-over-year.
– The national vacancy rate for rental apartment units declined in 2019 for a third consecutive year to 2.2% (from 2.4% in 2018), the lowest level since 2002, according to the latest Rental Market Survey report from CMHC. Toronto vacancy rates are 1.5%, up from 2018 levels of 1.2%.
– CREA: National average home price is up 9.6% in December from 2018 to $517,000. Sales were down slightly from November (0.9%) but jumped 22.7% from 2018. Active listings are at a 12-year low and there are just 4.2 months of inventory left—the lowest level since the summer of 2007.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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