Top Stories Archives - Better Dwelling https://betterdwelling.com/category/top-stories/ Canada’s Fastest Growing Real Estate News Source Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:56:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/betterdwelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-better-dwelling-flower-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Top Stories Archives - Better Dwelling https://betterdwelling.com/category/top-stories/ 32 32 64691831 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Owners Rush To Exit After A Risky Mortgage Boom https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-owners-rush-to-exit-after-a-risky-mortgage-boom/ https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-owners-rush-to-exit-after-a-risky-mortgage-boom/#respond Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:56:29 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24452 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian “Systemic Risk” Due To CLP Mortgages Is Bigger Than You Think OSFI, the country’s bank regulator, has mentioned combined loan plans (CLPs) are a systemic risk. Mainstream discussion of the issue was largely void though, as it was unclear how big […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-owners-rush-to-exit-after-a-risky-mortgage-boom/feed/ 0 24452 This Week’s Top Stories: Bank of Canada’s Real Estate Spin & Speculators Turn To Arson https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-bank-of-canadas-real-estate-spin-speculators-turn-to-arson/ https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-bank-of-canadas-real-estate-spin-speculators-turn-to-arson/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 17:36:20 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24421 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Bank of Canada Is Pushing A False Real Estate Narrative To Divert Blame: BMO Last week, the Bank of Canada (BoC) claimed the country has a long-standing housing supply issue. This ticked off a number of experts that have been following this […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-bank-of-canadas-real-estate-spin-speculators-turn-to-arson/feed/ 0 24421 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadians Sour On Immigration & Ownership Falls For Young Adults https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadians-sour-on-immigration-ownership-falls-for-young-adults/ https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadians-sour-on-immigration-ownership-falls-for-young-adults/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:52:14 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24377 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Unemployment Rises, Immigrants Sold On Non-Existent Opportunities The latest data for Canadian employment was better than expected—but analysts weren’t expecting good news. The economy added 22k jobs in November, which would be good news had the economy not added even more […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadians-sour-on-immigration-ownership-falls-for-young-adults/feed/ 0 24377 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate At Crisis Levels & Returning To An Inheritance Culture https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-at-crisis-levels-returning-to-an-inheritance-culture/ Sun, 26 Nov 2023 17:43:48 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24350 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Housing Resembles A Return To Victorian-Era Inheritance Culture: Stat Can Canada is quickly reverting back to a Victorian-era style inheritance culture. That was the suggestion from the country’s national statistics agency, when exploring the role of parental wealth on the homeownership […]

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]]> 24350 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Softens & Gov Invests In Controversial Developer https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-softens-gov-invests-in-controversial-developer/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 17:09:55 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24316 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Prices Slip Further As Sellers Suddenly Surge Canadian real estate markets continue to soften, with few signs of a break. The benchmark (typical) home price slipped lower in October, and is 14.6% below the March 2022 record high. Slow […]

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]]> 24316 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadians Will Vote To Extend The Real Estate Bubble, Businesses Priced Out https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadians-will-vote-to-extend-the-real-estate-bubble-businesses-priced-out/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:49:02 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24277 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Bank of Canada Can Diverge From The Fed, But We Doubt It: BMO   Canada’s monetary policy typically follows the US, but it may no longer be able to keep up. The US economy continues to show strong growth, potentially requiring even […]

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]]> 24277 This Week’s Stop Stories: Canada Hides Its Vacant Home Count As Its International Student Boom Ends https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-stop-stories-canada-hides-its-vacant-home-count-as-its-international-student-boom-ends/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:27:37 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24226 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Unemployment Weakness Might Be Overstated Canada’s labor market is weakening, but the weakness may be greatly overstated. Experts argue that post-recession, seasonal consumption patterns change in a way that is hard to measure until after the fact. As a result, even […]

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]]> 24226 This Week’s Top Stories: Canada Can’t Double Its Housing Output & Rate Hike Impact Still Coming https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canada-cant-double-its-housing-output-rate-hike-impact-still-coming/ Sun, 29 Oct 2023 17:11:30 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24201 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Still Hasn’t Seen The Full Impact of BoC Rate Hikes: National Bank The impact of the Bank of Canada (BoC) rate hikes have yet to be fully felt. That was the take from National Bank, one of Canada’s Big Six banks. […]

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]]> 24201 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Inventory Is Rising & A $1.35 Billion Loan Default https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-inventory-is-rising-a-1-35-billion-loan-default/ Sun, 22 Oct 2023 15:31:33 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24161 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Most of Canada’s New Condos Are (Still) Investor Owned: Stat Can  Statistics Canada’s Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) released data showing most new condos are investor owned. The organization stated the data is increasingly important amidst public discussion about affordability. Ownership concentration […]

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]]> 24161 This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Supply Surges & Prices expected To Go Even Lower https://betterdwelling.com/this-weeks-top-stories-canadian-real-estate-supply-surges-prices-expected-to-go-even-lower/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:40:19 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=24134 Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Supply Surges, Banks See Lower Prices Ahead Canada’s big banks are adjusting their home price expectations even lower, after a sudden inventory jump. For a sixth consecutive month, new listings of existing homes for sale climbed. Supplies now sit […]

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