Category: Market Research

December capped off a surprisingly strong year for Canada’s housing market, as record-high savings, low-interest rates, and changing consumer demand pushed home sales and prices to record highs. Although the market showed signs of cooling in the fourth quarter, Decem...

Real estate activity weakened slightly in November, but remained elevated compared with year-ago levels, signaling once again that the Canadian housing market stands on solid footing. The outlook on the broader economy is somewhat mixed in the short-term as regions cop...

Real estate has been one of the biggest catalysts of Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19. Strong pent-up demand, favourable interest rates and a rush to the suburbs have kept home sales and real estate values trekking upward for much of the latter half of 2020. ...

It was a little over a year ago that a mysterious illness emerged from Wuhan, China,  and altered the trajectory of our global economy. By almost every conceivable measure, the COVID-19 pandemic delivered a swift and massive shock to our system — one whose rippl...

Canada’s housing market appears to have stabilized in recent months, though national sales activity remains above trend, signalling a continuation of the post-crisis recovery that began during the summer. For October, home sales rose in about half of all local market...

September was another record-setting month for Canadian real estate, as historic supply shortages drove sales and prices to new all-time highs. A rebounding labour market, stimulus relief from the Bank of Canada, the growth of private lenders, and pent-up demand during...

The Canadian economy, and by extension, the housing market continued their post-shutdown recovery in August. The devastating job losses of March and April are in the process of reversing as more segments of the economy reopen and children head back to school.  ...