Yet
home prices in the city remain exceptionally affordable: The average 2015 home cost just under $ 216,000, a little over two and a half times the average household income.
Not exact matches
Whereas huge swaths of the country
remain hobbled by scarce credit, depressed
home prices, and high levels of unemployment, the technology hubs
in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York
City are booming.
Today it
remains a landmark collection of some of the best examples of mid-century modern architecture
in the
city, and it has the real estate
prices to prove it, with average
home prices of almost $ 2.4 million.
Despite all of that, this
city remains one of the most affordable
in the country, with the current median
home price in the
city at about $ 110,827.
The GTA, the province's largest market, saw notable year - over-year
home price appreciation of 10.2 % to a median
price of $ 656,365, while
home price appreciation
in the
city of Toronto
remained in - line with recent quarters, rising 8.4 % to $ 680,096.
Economic growth
in the region is likely to be positive
in 2017, but slightly below the Canadian average, with
home prices expected to
remain relatively flat
in the province's two largest
cities.
Despite economic challenges,
home prices in the fourth quarter
remained stable
in the province's largest
cities, with the aggregate
price of a
home in Saskatoon down 0.4 % year - over-year to $ 366,933, while the aggregate
price of a
home in Regina increased 2.6 % to $ 340,684.
But when new housing is proposed, those who stand to gain from it most often do not live
in the
city where it is proposed — they include renters and future homeowners throughout the metro who would benefit from slower housing
price growth, and whose ability to
remain in the metro diminishes when rents and
home values rise.
The growth
in national
home prices was not driven by Vancouver this time, with that
city's
prices remaining flat after 12 months
in a row of increases.
As
home sales
in Toronto and Vancouver continue to hit record levels, the real estate sector
in Canada's second - largest
city remains an outlier, with
prices almost $ 100,000 less than the national average.
The survey of typical
homes in 198 neighbourhoods within 66
cities across Canada shows that
prices over the past year have increased
in 167 neighbourhoods,
remained flat
in nine neighbourhoods and declined
in 21 neighbourhoods.