Author: Carli

For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, all of the cities covered by the Teranet-National Bank HPI have seen prices decline from their peak reached over the past 12 months, marking the end of a prosperous period for the Canadian real estate market. Indeed, price declines were observed in all markets covered, […]

Canadian housing affordability deteriorated for a seventh consecutive quarter in Q3`22 as we remain in the midst of the longest sequence of declining home affordability since the 1986-1989 episode (11 quarters). Q3 2022

Housing affordability in Canada worsened by 10.4 points in Q2’22, a sixth consecutive quarterly deterioration. The Q2 print marked the worst quarterly and annual deteriorations in 41 years. The mortgage on a representative home in Canada now takes 63.9% of income to service, the most since 1982. Q2 2022

In October, the seasonally adjusted composite index continued to trend downward for the fourth consecutive month, with a decrease of 0.8% compared to the previous month. Although significant, the correction in property prices was less significant than that observed in the previous month (-1.9%), coinciding with a stabilization in sales during the month. Since its […]

In September, the seasonally adjusted composite index fell by 2.0%, matching the previous month’s record decline and representing a fifth consecutive monthly contraction. Since its peak in May, the composite index (not seasonally adjusted) has already declined by 7.0%, whereas during the 2008 financial crisis, prices fell by only 6.2% over the same period and […]

In addition to recording a fourth consecutive monthly decline on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index experienced its largest contraction ever in a single month (-2.1%) due to rapidly rising interest rates and a slowing resale market. This historic drop broke the previous record of -1.3% recorded in July 2010 […]

Declining transactions in the resale market and rising interest rates continue to weigh on property prices, with the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index falling 0.2% from June to July after seasonal adjustments. This is the first monthly decline since the one seen at the beginning of the pandemic in June 2020. Using the unsmoothed […]