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6/6/2023 | Posted in Interest Rates by Dan Antia
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After hitting pause on rates, growing speculation the bank is ready to hike again ... More

The Bank of Canada's 'conditional pause' on interest rates may be over - so brace for another hike soon

6/5/2023 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Dan Antia
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GTA REALTORS® reported 7,531 sales through TRREB’s MLS® System in April 2023 – down by 5.2 per cent compared to April 2022. ... More

GTA Sales and Price Continue to Improve While Listings Remain Constrained

6/3/2023 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Dan Antia
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The slowdown in Toronto's housing market continued to slip away last month as home sales came in higher than they were a year ago and prices edged closer to pandemic highs. ... More

Home sales up 25% from last year, but supply remains low: Toronto real estate board

5/25/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Dan Antia
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Transactions for high-density land in the Greater Toronto Area are down over 50 per cent from 2022 according to Bullpen Research & Consulting Inc. and Batory ... More

Q1 Greater Toronto Area high-rise land sales fall over 50%

5/31/2023 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Dan Antia
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While a large number of mortgage holders have seen their monthly payment rates jump over the past year due to rising interest rates, the Bank of Canada (BoC) says the impact could ... More

Monthly Mortgage Payments Could Spike 20-40% Over Next 3 Years: Bank of Canada

5/17/2023 | Posted in Home Buyers by Dan Antia
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A string of aggressive interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada is driving short-term fixed-rate mortgage demand higher, according to a new survey. ... More

Demand grows in Canada for short-term fixed-rate mortgages

6/3/2023 | Posted in Recreational Properties by Dan Antia
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With a high number of Canadians expected to retire over the next few years, the trend of younger generations inheriting their family cottages will contribute to “major ... More

Recreational homes: What to know about inheriting a cottage

6/3/2023 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Dan Antia
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Stable interest rates and a continued cooling in home prices helped give housing affordability in Canada its biggest jump in almost four years in the first quarter of 2023, ... More

Housing affordability in Canada just saw the biggest improvement in almost 4 years

5/29/2023 | Posted in Interest Rates by Dan Antia
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The past two weeks have seen a flurry of mortgage rate increases at mortgage lenders, including several of the Big 6 banks. ... More

Lenders - including some big banks -are hiking fixed mortgage rates again

6/1/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Dan Antia
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Commercial activity in multiple asset classes held steady in Q1 2023 even as markets continued to labour under higher borrowing costs and sustained inflationary pressures, ... More

Report: Commercial market

6/1/2023 | Posted in Financial Health by Dan Antia
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Amid interest rate hikes and high inflation, more Canadians are turning to credit for relief, with consumer debt hitting a new record in the first quarter of 2023. ... More

Canadian consumer debt hits all-time high, reaching $2.32 trillion in Q1 2023: TransUnion

5/3/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Dan Antia
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While overall transaction activity remains relatively slow, private buyers continued to be more active than institutional investors in the first quarter, according to ... ... More

Cap rates still trend up, transaction activity stays slow: CBRE

5/29/2023 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Dan Antia
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'A change in investor behaviour is on the horizon,' report says ... More

More than half of GTA condo investors losing money on properties, says new report

5/23/2023 | Posted in Interest Rates by Dan Antia
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Housing market growth and persistent inflation challenges are hardening expectations of an increase ... More

Growing number of economists predicting another imminent BoC rate jump

5/24/2023 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Dan Antia
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The central bank has kept the policy rate frozen at 4.5% in its two most recent meetings ... More

Further BoC hike may be necessary, says leading economist

5/25/2023 | Posted in Financial Health by Dan Antia
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The federal housing agency has revealed the latest industry trends ... More

Canada's residential mortgage debt now $2.08trn, says CMHC

5/26/2023 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Dan Antia
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Higher interest rates have not been an impediment to residential investors, new report says ... More

Appetite for investment property remains strong, says Royal LePage

5/26/2023 | Posted in GTA News by Dan Antia
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The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) new home market rebounded in April as sales levels started to return to “more traditional” levels, according to Altus Group and the ... More

Recovery clearly apparent in GTA's new home market: report

4/30/2020 | Posted in Anouncements by Dan Antia
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Tiff Macklem, a former second-in-command at the Bank of Canada, is returning to the central bank to take over the top job at a moment that he says cries out for bold, ... More

Tiff Macklem named new Bank of Canada governor amid COVID-19 pandemic

4/30/2020 | Posted in Canadian HELOC by Dan Antia
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Canadian banks may clamp down on HELOCs to reduce the risk of spikes in sour loans, which the banks are already bracing for ... More

Canadian banks expected to tighten home equity line of credit access

4/27/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Dan Antia
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Canada’s malls are facing a wave of skipped rents and could see vacancy rates triple by year-end, with the coronavirus poised to leave its scars on a fragile retail sector ... More

Malls face catastrophic hit in Canada with unpaid rent surging

4/27/2020 | Posted in GTA News by Dan Antia
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TRREB has developed a COVID-19 property tax deferral schedule for every Greater Toronto Area municipality for your convenience and use. ... More

2020 Property Tax Deferral Schedule in the GTA

4/26/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Dan Antia
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The national market can still provide some impetus for home price growth despite declining sales, according to Royal Bank of Canada Senior Economist Robert Hogue. ... More

Home prices have some support despite sales slowdown

4/22/2020 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Dan Antia
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Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 1,654 home sales through TRREB’s MLS® System during the first 17 days of April – down by 69 per cent compared to the ... More

TRREB Releases Mid-April Market Update

4/22/2020 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Dan Antia
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Toronto home sales tumbled in the first half of April, down 69 per cent compared with the previous year, as the coronavirus pandemic led to an economic slowdown and a huge spike ... More

Toronto home sales plummet in April as coronavirus shutdowns hit housing market

4/22/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Dan Antia
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Acquisition of expansive properties has fallen to the wayside, but commercial real estate is poised to become an even more desirable choice for investment after the coronavirus ... More

Commercial sector to become more valuable post COVID-19

4/21/2020 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Dan Antia
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Canadian home prices could fall a “relatively modest” five per cent by July as some owners are forced to sell in the face of the economic hardship brought on by ... More

Home prices could fall 5% amid pandemic

4/21/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Dan Antia
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One quarter of small businesses can't make April lease or mortgage payments — and it won't get much better any time soon. ... More

Commercial rent delays could turn into abatements if crisis drags

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