March 29, 2023
Owning a home got even more expensive: Rising interest rates further inflated home ownership costs in the fourth quarter of...
December 19, 2022
The Bank of Canada’s battle against inflation has made it a lot harder to buy a home in this country.
September 29, 2022
Unsurprisingly, soaring ownership costs turned Canada’s housing market on its head.
June 23, 2022
Interest rates are back on the rise after falling to historic lows during the pandemic.
March 30, 2022
Price gains recorded during the pandemic have been nothing short of stunning across Canada, surpassing 30% nationwide and far more in several markets.
December 20, 2021
RBC’s aggregate measure for Canada jumped 2.0 percentage points to 47.5%—the worst level in 31 years.
October 7, 2021
Canada's housing market isn't as frenzied as it was at the start of this year, yet continues to operate at historically strong levels.
June 28, 2021
Canada's housing market heated up further in the early months of 2021, driving RBC's affordability measure to its worst level in 31 years.
March 29, 2021
The housing fever that struck Canada last summer took a widespread, although uneven, toll on affordability across the country in the fourth quarter.
December 21, 2020
The pandemic tremendously disrupted Canada's housing market but hasn't destroyed activity as spring transactions shifted to the summer and fall.
September 30, 2020
A surge in Canadian household income was the main factor in improving housing affordability, finds RBC Economics in its latest Housing Trends and Affordability report.
June 25, 2020
Canadian housing affordability could improve as home prices fall and interest rates lower, finds RBC Economics in its latest Housing Trends and Affordability report.