March 27th Mortgage Industry Update
March 27th, 2018 Mortgage Industry Update
The Bank of Canada announced on March 7th that it’s overnight lending rate will remain at 1.25%. The prime rate thus remains at 3.45% with most lenders. The 5 year posted rate remains at 5.14%. Almost all fixed rates remain stable without any significant changes.
Additionally this week:
– Calgary + Montreal on track to pass Toronto and Vancouver as Canada’s fastest growing luxury real estate market this year as rising consumer confidence boosts demand for homes over $1M. Montreal up by 20% in the first two months of this year. GTA down by 55%. Vancouver down 39%.
– Conference Board of Canada’s latest Canadian Outlook: While the economy was firing on all cylinders in 2017, it slowed toward the end of the year. Expected to continue this year, with the economy forecast to expand by a more sustainable 1.9%, down from 3.0% in 2017.
– OFSI: Canada’s uninsured mortgage market reached an 8 year high in January. The share of loans that don’t need insurance soared by almost a fifth in January, to 53% of the $1.13 trillion mortgages from Canada’s federally regulated banks.
– The latest monthly figures from the Canadian Real Estate Association showed that sales volume was down 16.9% in February compared with a year ago, and down 6.5% compared with January.
– CREA: Canadian home sales fell 16.9% in February, while the national average sale price dropped 5% compared to a year earlier. National home sales declined 6.5% from January to February, the second consecutive monthly decline and the lowest reading in nearly five years.
Stay tuned for the next update!
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