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Home prices show signs of easing

May 5, 2012 General Real Estate, National Real Estate, Other Real Estate Markets, Real Estate Prices, Toronto Real Estate

John Morrissy – Financial Post

Homes prices edged down 0.2% in February from the month before but were still 6.1% higher than a year ago, according to a well-watched housing index.

The month-over-month decline was the third such retreat in the past four months for the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index, released Wednesday, which measures price changes for repeat sales of single-family homes.

In January, prices rose 0.1%.

Teranet’s report showed prices falling from the previous month in six of the 11 metropolitan markets surveyed.

In Canada’s two hottest real-estate markets, prices in Vancouver fell 0.3%, the fifth consecutive decline, while prices in Toronto rose by just 0.1%. On a yearly basis, however, Toronto prices were 10% higher.

Nationally, prices were 6.1% higher than a year ago. In January, prices were 6.5% higher.

The data is likely to show up on the radar of Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who has repeatedly warned that Canadians are piling on too much debt as they buy homes whose prices keep rising.

At a House of Commons finance committee meeting Tuesday, Carney warned that house prices in relation to income levels are now running 35% above historical norms.

Last week, the Canadian Real Estate Association reported that seasonally adjusted sales in March rose 1.6% from year-earlier levels, although the national average home price declined 0.5% to to $369,677.

“It is a fact that according to CREA (the Canadian Real Estate Association) data for March, five of the 11 markets covered were rather favourable to sellers (Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Halifax and Quebec City). Overall, the Canadian market is nevertheless balanced,” said National Bank senior economist Marc Pinsonneault.

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Canada home price index hits record high in July

September 29, 2011 General Real Estate, National Real Estate

* Resale home prices rise 1.3% in July from June
* Prices up 5.3% from year earlier

Reuters

Canadian resale home prices rose to a record high in July, their eighth consecutive monthly gain, according to report on Wednesday that an analyst said signaled a gradual slowdown in a strong market.

The monthly report on the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index, which measures price changes for repeat sales of single-family homes in six metropolitan areas, showed overall prices were up 1.3% in July from June.

Overall prices were up 5.3% from a year earlier.

Canadian house prices dipped during the recession, but bounced back quickly and have kept climbing, fueling talk of an overheated market, if not a housing bubble.

The index notched its fourth consecutive monthly increase of more than 1% in July. In contrast to the three previous months, however, prices did not rise in all six metropolitan markets surveyed.

Prices rose 2.3% in Calgary, 1.7% in Toronto, 1.0% in Ottawa, 0.9% in Vancouver and 0.5% in Montreal, while declining 0.9% in Halifax.

In five of the six metropolitan areas, prices were at record highs.

“As the numbers show, the dispersion of the monthly increases was very high,” the report said. “Vancouver’s July rise extended its string of consecutive monthly gains to 10, currently the longest run of monthly rises among the markets covered.”

Analysts said, however, that the Teranet HPI report, along with the Canadian Real Estate Association’s report of existing home sales for July, released on Aug. 16, signal an orderly market slowdown.

“The overarching theme of a gradual moderation in the housing market remains intact,” said Mazen Issa, Canada macro strategist at TD Securities.

“On a year-ago basis, the HPI has been stable. Housing market activity has been kept in check,” he added. “For instance, housing starts and building permits have been stable for some time. We believe that in the backdrop of a low interest rate environment, macro prudential regulations will play a greater role.”

Canada’s federal government, worried about high debt levels, has tried to engineer a soft landing for the market with tighter rules for government-backed insured mortgages that took effect in March. The changes cap mortgage terms at 30 years rather than 35 and cut the amount homeowners can borrow against their homes to 85% from 90%.

The Teranet HPI index tracks home prices over time for repeat sales, so properties with at least two sales are required in the calculations. The report did not provide actual prices.

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Canadian housing prices continue to rise

September 9, 2011 General Real Estate, National Real Estate, Toronto Real Estate

By Eric Lam, Financial Post

Canada’s economy may have hit the skids in June but real estate prices across the country still jumped almost 2%, the biggest one-month increase in two years, the latest Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index report said Wednesday.

Canadian real estate prices were up 1.7% in June compared with the previous month, the biggest month-on-month jump since August 2009 taking the index to a new all-time high of 144.27, the report said.

This is the third straight monthly increase of more than 1% and the seventh straight rise in a row. The index is also up 4.5% compared with a year ago.

The news comes the same day Statistics Canada reported the Canadian economy actually shrank 0.4% annualized in the second quarter, the first contraction since mid-2009.

Prices were up in all six major metropolitan markets surveyed, with Toronto leading the pack at a 2.0% increase. Vancouver and Ottawa came in at +1.7%, while Calgary posted a 1.6% rise, Montreal +1.1% and Halifax +1.0%.

This is the ninth-straight monthly increase for Vancouver, and all-time index highs for five of the six cities.

Calgary is 10.9% off its all-time high in August 2007.

Since Teranet first started tracking prices in June 2005 with a base level of 100, home prices have jumped 44.27%.

The Vancouver index leads the pack at 167.77, suggesting prices have gone up 67.77% since 2005.

Toronto, meanwhile, has the lowest index rating at 131.26, meaning prices have accelerated only 31.26% in that time.

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