Sentences with phrase «moderate price appreciation»

Wide regional variances continued to be the dominant characteristic in the market, with frenzied levels of activity and double digit price gains in the energy and commodity rich Western provinces, and more reasonable sales volumes and moderate price appreciation in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, says Royal LePage.

A strong local economy driven by the oil sector combined with low inventory led to the robust increases, but eroding affordability and interest rates that are expected to rise will likely lead to more moderate price appreciation in the second half of the year.

The fund attempts to find securities that offer relative value, based on an assessment of real interest rates and the yield curve, and that have the potential for moderate price appreciation.

Not exact matches

«Inventory levels remain well below normal, and while there is still price appreciation occurring in most markets, it is at a more moderate and sustainable pace.»

The RBA study pays special attention to the exchange rate appreciation, noting that the stronger Australian dollar had the effect of moderating the effects of resource price increases: higher exchange rates make all exports — including resource exports — less competitive on world markets.

The dampening effect of falling imported goods prices at the final stage of production continued to ease over the year to December, suggesting that the disinflationary impetus from the appreciation of the exchange rate in 2002 and 2003 has moderated substantially.

Looking ahead, further impacts from the exchange rate appreciation are likely to be limited: in fact, the prices of tradables (excluding food and petrol) were flat in the December quarter and their decline in year - ended terms moderated in the second half of 2004.

Plus, home price appreciation has started to moderate in many local markets.»

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The strengthening industry performance is being driven by a combination of factors: • Lower oil prices (forecast to be $ 55 / barrel Brent in 2015 and averaging a lower $ 51 / barrel in 2016) are giving airline profits a boost; however this is strongly moderated in many markets by the appreciation of the US dollar • Strong demand for passenger travel (6.7 % growth in 2015 and 6.9 % in 2016) is making up for disappointing cargo demand growth (1.9 % in 2015; strengthening to 3.0 % in 2016).

«Demand and prices had been increasing at unsustainable rates,» says Larry Seay, chief financial officer of Meritage Homes Corp. «It is good for the industry to take a little breather, let the land market moderate, and get to a more normal rate of growth and house - price appreciation.»

But, in either case, housing will factor into the easing as mortgage rates continue inching up, price appreciation moderates, and the real estate sector shrinks to accommodate this new reality.

«The good news for the housing market is that price appreciation the last two months has started to moderate from the unhealthier rate of growth seen earlier this year.»

The winning combination of low interest rates, strong home price appreciation, and moderate job growth that drove record - setting home sales last year will continue to fuel the home - sales market this year.

In Ottawa and Toronto, growth in the housing markets remained stable, as increased inventory levels helped to moderate the rate of price appreciation.

Deceleration of abnormal home price gains or return to normal price appreciation: After two years of abnormally high levels of home price appreciation in 2012 and 2013, price increases moderated throughout 2014.

Still, given an over-correction in prices, there likely will be moderate appreciation in 2012,» Yun said.

But price appreciation has greatly moderated and is rising at only a few percentage points above wage growth.