According to the Royal LePage Carriage Trade Luxury Properties 2016 Report, Canada’s luxury residential real estate market has seen a notable increase in foreign buyer activity over the last 10 years, with some realtors suggesting that more than 25% of luxury properties now purchased by foreign buyers. This report analyzed the luxury real estate market in four cities: […]
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The reasons Canada’s interest rates might stay low
The Bank of Canada governor expressed confidence that regulatory changes were limiting home loans to those best able to finance them. It was the clearest statement yet that the central bank’s controversial decision to keep interest rates ultra-low won’t be altered over worries about a housing bubble or rising household debt levels. Unlike […]
More foreign buyers are investing in Canadian luxury homes
The Canadian real estate is an attractive market for foreign buyers these days. But for all of the attention and debate on the matter, we understand shockingly little about just how much of the market is foreign-owned and what affect that has, particularly on house prices. Royal LePage, Canada’s largest real estate company, tried […]
Toronto housing boom unsustainable, Bank of Canada says
Toronto homebuyers should not expect the frantic pace and blistering prices of the housing market to continue, warns the head of the Bank of Canada. “Prospective homebuyers and their lenders should not extrapolate recent real estate performance into the future when contemplating a transaction,” Stephen Poloz said Thursday with the release of the bank’s […]
High house prices making home ownership in Toronto and Vancouver unaffordable
Soaring home prices in Toronto and Vancouver are testing levels of affordability not seen since the early 1990s, when the country was in a recession and mortgage rates were north of 10 per cent. “In Toronto, we’re not as bad as 1990, but we’re not that far from it either,” said Robert Hogue, senior […]
