Posted: July 17, 2009 at 9:13 am | Tags: Alexander, Association, Average, canada, canadian funding corp, canadian funding corporation, CEO, CFC, Click, CREA, Estate, Housing Market, June, market, Moishe, moishe alexander, Real, steam
The Canadian housing market appears to be picking up steam, as prices climbed an average of 4.2% across Canada in June, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). However, some areas are struggling. Click the arrows to find out which markets have been left behind as prices rise.
http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/banking/mortgages/most-struggling-housing-markets.aspx
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Posted: July 15, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Tags: adjustment, Alberta, Alexander, Better, body, British Columbia, canada, canadian funding corp, canadian funding corporation, Estate, evidence, June, market, marketplace, Milton, moishe alexander, News, Oakville, Ontario, price, property, scenario, Southern Central, speculation, United States, year
Some interesting Local Real estate news:
Having decided Canada would not face the same scenario in the real estate market as the United States there was still speculation late last year about supposed free-falling property prices, fuelled by market trends in British Columbia and Alberta where rapid price increases and speculation had been prevalent. Based on current statistics there is now an emerging body of evidence that the Southern Central Ontario real estate marketplace is seeing what is best described as a “market adjustment” resulting in a soft landing and not the crash that much of the media projected.
In our local area, residential resale activity for June is up on the same month last year. In Oakville, by 18% and the ever
expanding Milton by 34%. Current data would suggest little movement up or down in average sales prices with Oakville
down 1% and Milton up 2% on last June.
The median sale price. which is the midpoint of all sales, in Oakville for the first six months of this year is $418,000 down
just 2% from the same period last year and in Milton at $325,000 is down only 1%. With the number of new listings also down, year to date and June statistics showing signs of pent up demand resulting in higher sales we could be moving back to a sellers market. Many of the economical problems facing home buyers today have been offset by lower mortgage rates and a stable market place.
There are signs that we may be recovering from the first recession since 1992. Buyers, Sellers and REALTORS® will certainly find this scenario much less stressful.Taking the stress out of buying and selling is our day to dayactivity.
If you are considering either buying or selling now could be one of the best times to be reviewing your options while the market is stable. Preparation is a key part of the process.
http://valeriepeebles.com/better-signs-in-the-market/
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Posted: July 9, 2009 at 9:21 am | Tags: Alexander, Board, Calgary, canadian funding corp, canadian funding corporation, crisis, Doug Porter, downturn, economist, Edmonton, Housing Market, June, moishe alexander, month, Ontario, ottawa, price, province, Real, record, sale, talk, Toronto, Vancouver, winter, year
TORONTO – Despite all the talk of a housing downturn and economic crisis in Ontario, the province’s two biggest cities both saw record housing resales last month for the month of June.
The Toronto Real Estate Board said Monday there were 10,955 sales in the Greater Toronto Area in June, a 27% increase from the 8,600 homes sold a year ago. It was the best June for sales since the board started tracking the numbers in the mid 1960s.
In Ottawa, housing sales jumped 12.5% in June to 1,895, also a new record for the month.
The average sale price in the GTA last month $403,972, up 2% from a year earlier. In Ottawa, the average sale price rose 3% annually to $306,925.
“I think the next stage” might be price pressure, said Doug Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. “The moderation we have seen in prices may not last long if this kind of sales and listing balance remains in place.”
Porter said the mad scramble to buy a house is playing out across the country, as consumers wade back into the market tempted by interest rates the lowest they’ve been in 50 years.
Five-year fixed rate mortgages were as low as 3.75% last month, though they’ve nudged back up to about 4.5% since.
“Vancouver sales were up about 76% from a year ago, the second best June ever for them. Calgary sales were up 27%, and Edmonton sales were up 38%,” said the economist. “A lot of people emerged from their foxholes over the winter and have been brought in by low mortgage rates or a belief the economy is going to improve.
“There was some pent-up demand, things almost froze over solid over the winter.”
http://ontariomortgageinfo.blogspot.com/2009/07/housing-sales-soar-in-ontarios-biggest.html
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