Sentences with phrase «housing markets»

In San Francisco, one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the country, homes valued at $ 1 million or more now make up two - thirds of the housing market — triple the share in 2012.

But, according to new data from Moody's Analytics which analyzed housing prices in over 3,000 counties across the US, housing markets in some rural areas of the country might see a small boost.

The steady rise in home prices is so far showing no limits, and that is turning up the heat on some already overheated housing markets.

He'd live for free in style, right in the middle of one of the most inflated housing markets in the world.

Detroit has long been one of the worst housing markets in the United States, but it does appear to be in slow recovery.

In response, Oliver's office said the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has requested more information from banks and other lenders, adding the minister «closely monitor (s) Canada's housing markets, and stands ready to implement further measures if necessary.»

It remains to be seen whether the changes will have a cooling effect on hot housing markets or how much more difficult it will be for would - be homebuyers to secure mortgages.

After years of pumping money into the country's frothiest housing markets, Canada's big banks are suddenly — and alarmingly — nervous about the debt - fuelled monster they've helped to create.

«But it does have a role in ensuring that housing markets are stable and functioning efficiently.»

Some fear foreign investment money in these housing markets has helped drive up prices.

So is there any way for Ottawa to cool sizzling housing markets like Toronto and Vancouver without putting others into the deep freeze?

In recent years, governments at different levels have made several rule changes to address concerns about housing markets in Canada.

As it stands, the fundamentals underpinning housing markets in Vancouver and Toronto remain strong — local economies are growing, immigration is robust and interest rates are low.

«County and ZIP code level data suggest that areas with long commute times — which benefit disproportionally from lower gasoline prices — have experienced a boost in their labor and housing markets relative to other locations,» Shan and Pandl wrote.

«As Robert Shiller's new 2009 preface to his prescient classic on behavioral economics and market volatility asserts, the irrational exuberance of the stock and housing markets «has been ended by an economic crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Asylum seekers are walking across the border into some of the tightest housing markets on the continent.

«Additional government support for home ownership, especially in the context of housing markets experiencing rapid price growth and restricted housing supply, are likely to be counterproductive,» Morneau wrote.

Vulnerabilities linked to greater imbalances in regional housing markets and the continued rise of household debt were higher than they were six months ago, the bank said in its latest financial system review.

Below, check out how much you need to earn to buy a home in the most expensive housing markets, and what the median home will cost you.

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

No. 4: There are structural differences between the U.S. and Canadian housing markets.

On average, 87 % of the 150 housing markets tracked by NAR experienced rising home prices in 2016, up from an average of 75 % in 2014.

Governments in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom all are trying to slow the rush of international capital into local housing markets.

CNBC takes a look at which housing markets across the world posted the biggest gains in 2015 and which ones you should watch next year.

Sawyer took over just as the job and housing markets were slowing.

Canada's political leaders want to address the growing affordability crisis in Canada's largest housing markets.

Last week, online Chinese real estate investment platform Uoolu.com released a guide for Chinese buyers interested in North Korean real estate, while popular accounts on the mobile messaging app WeChat have been posting articles about the country's housing market in recent weeks.

It remains to be seen how the housing market in the Greater Toronto Area will react.

Of particular concern is the housing market.

Despite a slew of warning signs about the health of Canada's housing market, none of the party leaders want to rock the boat

Tightening of monetary policy meant to cool the housing market over the past year, combined with a wind - down in public works, has served to slow GDP growth into the single digits.

«Given that the decline in home prices had so much to do with the de-leveraging that was taking place on the consumer side,» a recent 10 % rise in the housing market «is a key reason for optimism about growth improving,» Marple said.

Elected officials can see the fault lines in Canada's housing market just as well as anyone else — but fixing them is too politically unpopular

«The health of the housing market has been deteriorating rapidly in Canada,» the report states.

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But perhaps turning the housing market into a non-stop source of light entertainment could have unintended consequences:

So was a cooling off in the housing market afterward.

Paulson & Co surged to fame a decade ago when a winning bet against the overheated housing market helped the New York - based firm pull in billions in new money to manage roughly $ 38 billion at its peak.

While anecdotal, such personal stories tend to bring home the fact that rank speculation seems to be in full bloom in the housing market.

The Toronto housing market was in a precarious place in the late 1980s.

When it comes to the housing market, there are solid fundamental reasons to explain the booms in Vancouver and Toronto.

Reliable housing market statistics are hard to come by, but a number of private surveys of home prices in various cities now suggest at least a halt to the 20 % annual increases, and in some cases precipitous drops.

«It seemed as if Bank of Canada policy was solely aimed at bringing the Toronto housing market into control,» Porter says.

«We're less tied to the housing market than you would first guess, and the reason is our average order value is a little over $ 200,» Shah said.

The first major correction, however, will likely happen in a housing market fuelled by low interest rates.

The short seller made famous for his controversial and astute negative call on the U.S. subprime market is calling for a «pretty severe correction» in the Canadian housing market.

There has also been increased interest in North Korea's housing market from Chinese buyers, particularly in Pyongyang and Wonsan, though no deals have yet been made, according to Reuters.

But over the next few years, growth will slow to less than 2 per cent, in part due to the cooling housing market.

The lack of data surrounding Canada's housing market has been a problem for years, and it's only grown more pressing as real estate markets in B.C. and Ontario have turned red hot.

The Bank of Canada's soothing messages about the housing market sound eerily like the U.S. Fed's just before the crash