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Office: 165 Pretoria Avenue, Ottawa ON. K1S 1X1
Phone: 613.238.2801
Fax: 613.238.4583
email: roberthof@royallepage.ca
Resale home prices across Canada fell 1% in October from the previous month, marking a back-to-back decline, according to recent figures from the Teranet-National Bank Index.
This was mainly due to Toronto, which saw its index drop by 2.8% from September, National Bank of Canada said in a statement. The index also fell in five other metropolitan areas:
But gains were also observed in Halifax (+1.3%), Vancouver (+0.7%), Quebec City (+0.6%), Montreal (+0.4%), and Victoria (+0.1%).
However, National Bank economist Marc Pinsonneault believes there are signs that the downward pressure on prices in Toronto is fading. “Following the introduction last April of a tax on foreigners’ acquisitions, market condition
loosened in Toronto. But they went from extremely tight to balanced.” He said this is a positive development for affordability.
But the same cannot be said for Vancouver, “where conditions remained tight despite the implementation in August 2016 of a tax on foreigners’ acquisitions. Pinsonneault pointed out that the prices of Vancouver condos – the most affordable category of dwellings – have risen more than 17% over the last 12 months.
by Paolo Taruc of Real Estate Professional magazine