Canada’s economy faces a major risk through the next three years from how debt-laden consumers cope with higher interest rates, according to economists from three of the ... More

The Conservative Party of Canada plans to make the mortgage stress test a hot button issue in time for next year’s election, but explaining such a convoluted issue to ... More

A new RBC report says Canada's housing affordability has reached its worst level in 28 years and is bound to deteriorate even further. ... More

Statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show a small increase in national home sales between July and August 2018. ... More

Rising rents is making homeownership the affordable alternative according to a new report. ... More

Moody's revises its outlook for the Canadian banking system to stable from negative, as the ratings company now sees the Canadian government less likely to ... More

Statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales were up from June to July 2018. ... More

There was a slight decline in the volume of new mortgage loans in 2017 according to an analysis of consumer credit data from CMHC. ... More

Canada is experiencing an acceleration in population growth, and that's boosting the housing market, according to a new study from Bank of Montreal. ... More

With detached family homes few and far between in Canada's major housing markets, these trends may leave new homebuyers in a lurch. ... More

Statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales were up from May to June 2018. ... More

As the Bank of Canada raised key interest rates to 1.5 per cent (up from 1.25 per cent) Wednesday morning, mortgage rates are already rising as well. ... More

Canadian housing starts surged in June to one of the highest levels over the past decade, driven by new condominium developments in Toronto that reached a 30-year high for the ... More

Home Buyers in the priciest markets - Toronto and Vancouver - also face the highest land transfer tax rates. ... More

Analysts are optimistic that the Canadian economy will bounce back soon, bringing with it increased consumer spending. ... More

In its report on national home sales numbers as of May, CREA pointed at a 1.6% month-over-month increase in Toronto residential transactions – a development that analysts ... More

The acute volatility of the Canadian housing market may be nearing the end according to TD Economics. ... More

The new Canadian national existing home sales data published by CREA last week could have been worse according to TB Economics. ... More

National home sales via Canadian MLS® Systems remained little changed from April to May 2018, marking the lowest level for national sales activity in more than five ... More

Canada's financial system is resilient, according to the Bank of Canada, but high household debt and imbalances in the housing market remain the biggest vulnerabilities. ... More

The cost of renting an apartment is climbing rapidly in many of Canada's largest cities, led by Toronto and nearby places, new data shows. ... More

First-time home buyers already struggling with more stringent mortgage rules have been dealt another blow by an increase this week in the Bank of Canada’s five-year mortgage ... More

The decline in national home sales reported Tuesday by CREA is “disappointing” says TD Economics. ... More

Statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales fell from March to April 2018. ... More

Luxury home prices across Canada have remained “relatively resilient” this year so far despite lower sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Greater Vancouver, ... More

After a flat March, the Teranet–National Bank National Composite House Price Index ™  rose 0.2% in April. In the 20-year history of the index, it was the ... More

Almost six in 10 Canadian millennials are already homeowners, with more of this age group planning to buy a home in the next two years, according to a Genworth Canada survey ... More

The trend in housing starts was 225,696 units in April 2018, compared to 226,942 units in March 2018, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend ... More

The home-purchasing power of ‘peak millennials’ aged 25-31 has diminished by around $40,103 (16.5%) since the introduction of the OSFI stress test at the start of ... More

The risk of a housing market downturn over the next 12 months remains low – but the probability has slightly increased because of volatility introduced by the recently ... More