Canadian Real Estate News Headlines (June 10th 2019)
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Is the mortgage stress test making Toronto’s housing crisis worse?
We may be mortgaged to the hilt, but Canada’s loan default rate is still tiny: Just 0.3 per cent. We’ll do anything to ensure we don’t miss those payments.
We juggle credit cards and car loans and postpone paying our home equity lines of credit, but that doesn’t help with our overall debt level, which hit a record high at the end of last year — we now collectively owe 178 per cent of our disposable income.
That makes many households vulnerable to disaster if someone loses a job or interest rates climb. It also puts Canada’s future prosperity at risk.
Mississauga real estate market posts best month in 2 years in May
May ended up being a banner month for real estate in Canada’s sixth-largest city, with total sales reaching highs not seen since May 2017.
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its monthly market tracking data on Thursday (June 6), showing an average sale price for all types of dwellings in Mississauga at $756,465 across 1,042 sales in May.
Last month was the first time since May 2017 where Mississauga’s market surpassed more than 1,000 total sales.
Canadian Residential Investment Drops For A Fifth Quarter, Signaling Recession
May ended up being a banner month for real estate in Canada’s sixth-largest city, with total sales reaching highs not seen since May 2017.
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its monthly market tracking data on Thursday (June 6), showing an average sale price for all types of dwellings in Mississauga at $756,465 across 1,042 sales in May.
Last month was the first time since May 2017 where Mississauga’s market surpassed more than 1,000 total sales.
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