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  1. Apr 15, 2024 · He advocates an annual tax on "housing wealth" aimed at the owners of the most valuable 10 per cent of homes in Canada as one way to dampen housing prices, while also raising funds to invest in ...

  2. 4 days ago · Is It a Good Time to Sell a House or Should I Wait for 2025? Is it a Good Time to Buy a House in California in 2024? The 2025 Housing Market Forecast for Buyers and Sellers; 5 High Risk Housing Markets Buyers Should Avoid in 2025; Should I Buy a House Now or Wait for Recession? Why Investors Should Continue Buying Real Estate in 2024?

    • The Dilemma: Buy Now Or Wait?
    • What's Propping The Home Prices in Canada?
    • Where Is The Real Estate Market Healthiest in Canada?
    • Riding The Market See-Saw: from A Seller’S Market to A Buyer's Market
    • Can’T Afford to Wait? Go For A Shorter-Term Mortgage

    Canadian homebuyers find themselves at a crossroads. Should they take advantage of the current market conditions and buy now, potentially avoiding even steeper home prices down the road? Or should they postpone their purchase to take advantage of lower borrowing costs?

    As of February, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)reports that the national average home price in the country stands at $685,809, reflecting a 3.5% year-over-year increase. With prices rising again, home sales have experienced a 3.1% decline month-over-month in February. But while there’s low buying activity, the number of newly listed hom...

    In Canada, not every region faces the same housing supply and demand challenges. Specifically, in Regina, new home listings have been higher than pre-pandemic levels since the fall of 2023. As a result, home prices are expected to gradually decline soon. Similarly, in the early months of 2024, Montreal’s housing market saw an increase in new home l...

    The real estate market in the past few years has experienced a low supply of available homes, which has created more competition. A seller’s market greatly reduces negotiating power for homebuyers. With fewer homes to choose from, many would-be homebuyers are holding out and hoping more homes will eventually hit the market. If more homes become ava...

    Some people have time to wait for rates to fall before they make their move. But others might not have the luxury. “There’s an additional subset of people who are in a lifestyle circumstance,” says Chapman. “Maybe they’re going through a divorce, downsizing, or have a job relocation and don’t have the choice to wait for the market to come back arou...

  3. Jun 27, 2023 · 1. There are more homes for sale. Just a year earlier, the supply of housing was at such record lows that competition for the few houses out there was brutal.

  4. Jun 10, 2021 · Lauster and Moffatt both said that while the measures announced to date may have some short-term impact on house prices, keeping the market from spiralling out of control again in the future will ...

  5. Jun 5, 2024 · The central bank announced the quarter-percentage-point cut on Wednesday, its first in more than four years, meaning its key interest rate now stands at 4.75%. Advertisement The housing supply ...

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  7. Apr 4, 2024 · The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is forecasting home prices could match peak levels seen in early 2022 by next year and reach new highs by 2026. The agency’s latest housing market outlook ...