Where we stand
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Some excerpts and a few charts from a monthly housing data overview I do for clients.
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TREB taking a page from the NAR?
JANUARY 17, 2012
Has TREB used a play from the NAR's sneaky playbook? Recent sales data certainly makes you wonder...
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Thoughts from CMHC's Canadian Housing Observer
JANUARY 01, 2012
I wanted to share a few thoughts on CMHC after reading through the 2011 edition of their flagship publication, The Canadian Housing Observer. Readers will know that I have been critical of CMHC in the past...
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DECEMBER 18, 2011
House prices crazy no matter how you slice it -
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Are vacancy rates a leading indicator of house prices? -
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Credit bites back -
NOVEMBER 25, 2011
The Economist warns on house prices; RBC (un)affordability index released -
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Flow of bad news...
House price to rent ratios in Canadian cities at alarming levels
DECEMBER 23, 2011
By now most people have heard that the IMF has released two excellent reports on the Canadian macro picture, with emphasis on our housing situation. They can be read in full here and here.
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Is Toronto in a bubble? Interesting discussion with a mortgage broker
DECEMBER 20, 2011
I had an interesting discussion with well-known Toronto mortgage broker David Larock. It started with the following picture showing the real house price index I had created for Toronto
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- Europe heading back into recession; OECD leading indicators decline again; Interest rate cut still priced in
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
- Canadian employment withers; Vancouver and area inventory builds as prices feel the heat; China's property bubble deflating?
NOVEMBER 07, 2011
- Employment quality deteriorating; Business confidence drops again; Credit demand decelerates
NOVEMBER 03, 2011
- Big changes...
OCTOBER 24, 2011
- Canadian inflation heats up; Why housing won't carry us through a recession; Positive mortgage in arrears data
OCTOBER 21, 2011
- Ed Clark on the Canadian economy; Retail sales preview...blue Christmas?
OCTOBER 20, 2011
- Can the Bank of Canada orchestrate a soft landing in housing?
OCTOBER 17, 2011
- The housing affordability argument: Misleading, short-sighted, and just plain stupid
OCTOBER 16, 2011
- The week that was; Economics is all about "demand and demand"; Sherry Cooper sees positive demographic trends?
OCTOBER 14, 2011
- 'Investor' expectations and the condo boom
OCTOBER 13, 2011
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