by Duffie Osental The average cost of a house in Canada is almost twice as much as in the United States – something BMO’s chief economist believes could be due to several reasons. According to figures from BMO, the average home price in Canada is about 46% higher than the average cost of a home south of the border. What’s … Read More

By: David Larock We begin 2021 with our glasses half full – and that’s not just because our New Year’s celebrations were cancelled. On the one hand, recently approved vaccines give us hope that we will beat the pandemic back and return to normal activities sometime this year. But on the other hand, spiking infection rates have necessitated the reintroduction … Read More

The average price people are willing to pay for real estate in Windsor-Essex continues to skyrocket even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. In general, the average property price in the region has increased by nearly 25 per cent over the last year. “It has escalated lately,” Damon Winney, president of the Windsor-Essex County Realtor’s Association said. According to a  monthly report … Read More

The average price of a Canadian resale home has risen by more than 15 per cent in the year up to October, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday. The group that represents more than 130,000 real estate agents across Canada said that last month was the busiest October ever for home sales, continuing a trend that started in May … Read More

By: Clayton Jarvis Last week, CREA released its housing data for September 2020, with the headline number being a nationwide year-over-year increase in sales of 45.6 percent. It’s a colossal figure, but one that makes little room for nuance. As many Mortgage Broker News readers are aware, there is no “Canadian housing market”, just a collection of distinct housing markets that happen … Read More