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Special Housing Reports

New listings shoot higher in most major markets

October 7, 2024

The influx is continuing to build inventory—which is still hovering near the equivalent of four months of supply.

Rate cuts have yet to pull Canada’s housing markets out of their slump

September 6, 2024

Early reports on August home sales showed only small increases in most markets including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal.

Housing markets look for deeper rate cuts to ramp up activity

August 8, 2024

After a small uptick between May and June, home resales fell again in some markets including Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.

Inventories rebuilding fast in largest housing markets

July 8, 2024

Transactions increased across the board with more buyers coming to the housing market. But buying was far from enough to absorb the new inventory that’s been accumulating for months.

Canada’s housing markets in a holding pattern

June 7, 2024

Buyers remained in a wait-and-see mode in May with an interest cut looming around the corner.

Spring brings sellers out; buyers remain hesitant

May 7, 2024

Sellers are making their way back into the housing market—not everywhere but in some of Canada’s largest cities. Statistical reports...

The Great Rebuild
Seven ways to fix Canada’s housing shortage

April 8, 2024

Too many Canadians are struggling to find a home they can afford—making housing the defining issue of this country’s politics and economics.

Reality check: Canada’s housing market isn’t out of the woods yet

March 8, 2024

Anyone expecting smooth sailing ahead for the housing market got a reality check in February. Month-to-month drops in home resales in several of Canada’s major markets were a reminder that very challenging affordability conditions

Early signs of a housing market upturn emerge across Canada

February 7, 2024

January marked the second consecutive month residential transactions increased in major markets across Canada. The uptick seen in early results...

It’s never been harder to rent in Canada—vacancy rates fall to 35-year low

February 1, 2024

Policy action supporting a supply-side boost will be crucial to bringing the market closer to a balance given strong demand side pressures.

Canada's housing market outlook: A tale of two halves in 2024

January 29, 2024

Interest rates will continue to dictate the outcome of Canada’s housing market in 2024. We expect slow activity and softening prices in the early part of the year as the Bank of Canada keeps its policy rate high.

All quiet on most fronts in Canada’s housing markets

December 7, 2023

It’s been a tranquil fall season for Canada’s housing markets this year. Early results from local real estate boards confirmed the broad cooling that took hold late this summer persisted into November.