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The Teranet-National Bank composite index decreased by 0.1% for a second consecutive month in February. This decline in prices comes at a time when the resale housing market has slowed sharply in recent months, due in part to uncertainty surrounding trade tensions with the United States. Consumer confidence is in free fall and the most […]

After rising steadily by 2.8% over the previous six months, the Teranet-National Bank composite index remained unchanged in January. This loss of momentum comes at a time when transactions in the housing resale market declined in December and again in January due to the uncertainty created by the threat of US tariffs (top graph). In […]

The composite index rose by 0.8% in December, the sixth consecutive monthly increase and a larger rise than the 0.7% recorded the previous month. As a result, prices have grown by a cumulative 2.9% since the Bank of Canada’s first rate cut in June and are now just 0.3% below the record level reached in […]

The composite index rose by 0.6% in November, the fifth consecutive monthly increase and a larger rise than the previous month’s 0.4%. As a result, prices have grown by a cumulative 2.2% since the Bank of Canada’s first rate cut in June, but still remain 1.0% below their April 2022 peak. This acceleration in prices […]

The composite index rose by 0.3% in October, the fourth consecutive monthly increase, as the effects of the monetary easing cycle begin to be felt more strongly in the housing market. The number of transactions on the resale market surged in October, thanks in particular to a reduction in fixed mortgage interest rates since the […]