by admin | Apr 10, 2019 | Buy|Rent|Sell
Metro Montreal?s housing market has strung together an impressive streak: Home sales have increased for 49 straight months. And in March, it didn?t take much to keep the streak alive. Sales increased 1 percent on a year-over-year basis to a total of 5,710 residential...
by admin | Apr 8, 2019 | Buy|Rent|Sell
Household income growth is grinding to a halt in Canada, and that?s bad news for future economic growth as a whole and the housing market in particular, suggests a recent report from Desjardins Economics. Desjardins Deputy Chief Economist Mathieu D?Anjou notes in the...
by admin | Mar 27, 2019 | Buy|Rent|Sell
Experts see signs that mortgage interest rates in Canada may continue dropping this year. In a note sent to clients this morning, BMO Senior Economist Robert Kavcic points to the fact that five-year government bond yields have been declining, a key indicator for where...
by admin | Mar 22, 2019 | Buy|Rent|Sell
The Canadian federal budget announced this week included plans for highly-anticipated measures to help Millennial homebuyers, but those in pricey markets like Toronto and Vancouver may be getting the short end of the stick, some experts suggest. A key component of the...
by admin | Feb 25, 2019 | Buy|Rent|Sell
A credit-rating agency is flagging a housing-related risk to the Canadian financial system. As property values have soared, Canadians have been increasingly securing loans through home equity lines of credit, or HELOCS ? which let borrowers tap into the value of their...