Alberta on the Move
March 13, 2017 - ATB Financial's Economics & Research Team: We’ve all heard about Albertans moving to other provinces to find work, but Albertans also move about within the province. The latest census data on sub-provincial regions reveals...
Canadian housing starts trend declined in December.
January 20, 2017 - The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 198,053 units in December compared to 200,105 in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally...
Residential land prices outpacing that of new houses
January 13, 2017 - ATB Financial's Economics & Research Team: Consumers often feel that the only direction prices go are up—but of course in real estate, this isn’t the case. In an index with the 2007 price set equal to 100, the latest price index of...
Canadian housing starts trend held steady in October.
November 21, 2016 - The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 199,920 units in October compared to 199,262 in September, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally...
Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales volume down 1.3% in July, with Vancouver responsible for the cooling
September 01, 2016 - OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association says July marked the
third consecutive month of fewer home sales, as the Vancouver market
slowed.
The association said Monday the number of transactions fell 1.3 per
cent nationally...
Canadian housing starts trend remains stable in April.
May 18, 2016 - The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 195,064 units in April compared to 196,103 in March, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally...
Real Estate Report for December 2015
January 21, 2016 - These are some housing market statistics in Red Deer for the Month of December 2015.
Canadian home prices are growing at one of the fastest paces in the world
October 15, 2015 - The increase in Canadian home prices in the second quarter of 2015 ranked among the largest gains in global real estate markets, a Scotiabank study said Thursday.
With an 8.2 per cent rise year over year, Canada registered the fourth...
The truth to Canada’s economic recovery
July 13, 2015 - Where we are now is the economic sweet spot – low interest rates to support our consumption of houses, cars and such, plus reasonably solid underlying fundamentals. A gauge of economic stress called the misery index now sits at its...