
home price data


Home sales up in major metro areas as buyers bet on rate cuts later this year
Sentiment appears to be improving in major real estate markets across the country, with most reporting an increase in sales activity in February.

Canada’s housing rebound continued in January. What should buyers expect this spring?
January marked the second straight month of higher home sales in Canada, which are now up 22% from a year ago.

Home prices could be in “another leg down,” as housing weakness spreads
Weakness in Canada’s housing markets is now spreading beyond the major markets of Vancouver and Toronto, the latest data reveal.

BoC’s summer rate hikes continue to slow housing activity…except in Alberta and Atlantic Canada
Real estate markets across the country continued to lose steam in August following the latest Bank of Canada rate hikes in June and July. Everywhere outside of Alberta and some pockets of Atlantic Canada, that is.

Long-term view shows Toronto and Vancouver home prices remain elevated despite recent declines
Despite detached home prices in Toronto and Vancouver posting year-over-year declines in the first half of the year, a longer-term view shows prices are still elevated, and in many cases higher compared to two or three years ago.

Why is there a lack of new home listings in Canada?
Something unusual is happening across most Canadian housing markets this year. In the past, as the springtime was approaching, new home listings were usually rising more strongly than home sales. This year, the opposite is the case.

Home sales bounce back in April as national average home price rises back above $700,000
Despite affordability challenges, rising housing demand has pushed Canada’s national average home price up to $716,000, in April.

National average home price rises $50k in February
On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, home prices registered their first monthly rise in six months, jumping over $50,000 to $635,000.

September housing data shows buyers are sitting on the sidelines
The country’s largest metro areas all saw steep declines in home sales in September as would-be homebuyers wait on the sidelines.