Sentences with phrase «per cent of all home»

According to TD, roughly 17 per cent of homes in the region were resold within two years as of March 2016, up from nine per cent a year earlier.

To be eligible, first - time buyers must be pre-approved for an insured high - ratio mortgage for at least 80 per cent of the home's purchase price.

The suggested fixes include capping loans at 65 per cent of the home value, introducing new and more conservative means of estimating how much a residence is worth, and amortizing the loans (meaning that borrowers would have to repay the principal within a certain time frame, as in a mortgage, whereas now they can simply keep paying interest on their HELOCs).

OSFI also proposed tightening some of the rules around conventional mortgages (i.e. where the buyer puts down more than 20 per cent of the home value).

(21) Six of the ten of the least affordable cities in the U.S. are in California, with San Francisco the least affordable city with only 14 per cent of homes available in 2014 affordable to middle - class consumers.

This study found that 66 per cent of all home sales between August 2014 and February 2015 went to individuals with non-Anglicized Chinese names.

Finally, to help determine costs and affordability, 39 per cent of home owners took valuations of neighbouring homes into account, and 36 per cent used affordability calculators.

The exception is homeowners who were forced to purchase taxpayer - backed mortgage default insurance from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), or its main private sector rival Genworth Canada, because they put down less than 20 per cent of their home's value.

You should always put aside about 1 per cent of the home value towards maintenance in a rainy day fund.

In one neighbourhood in the Riverside area of Liverpool, there is no father present in 65 per cent of homes with dependent children.

Fifty per cent of homes now have videocassettes, and this number is expected to increase steadily.

Our world - leading gas infrastructure heats 85 per cent of homes and meets 50 per cent of the UK's non-transport primary energy needs.

The Drinking Water Inspectorate revealed last week that a survey in 1994 found that 3.2 per cent of homes failed the existing 50 micrograms limit — a marginally worse result than in 1991, when 3.1 per cent failed.

Conventional mortgages require a minimum down payment of 20 per cent of the home's purchase price.

The reprieve Canadian brokers thought they had is no longer, with the Finance head confirming he will now lower the maximum amortization on an insured mortgage to 25 years and cap refinances at 80 per cent of a home's value.

In Toronto, roughly 17 per cent of homes were resold within two years as of March 2016, up from nine per cent a year earlier.

A new report to be released Wednesday by BMO Financial Group found that some 53 per cent of home buyers in Ontario and 51 per cent in British Columbia will conduct personal «stress tests» to determine whether they can pay their mortgages in the event of a rate hike.

According to the report, around 80 per cent of home loan borrowers and 70 per cent of home loans (by value) would meet the criteria for lower risk weights set by the RBI and thereby benefit from the change in regulation.

According to the World Bank, 40 per cent of homes in India are still without electricity.

In Queensland, Australia, over 20 per cent of homes now generate their own electricity.

We've all heard the statistics — over 90 per cent of home buyers use the Internet to research homes before they ever see a property in person.

Research conducted by the National Association of Realtors says that open houses are responsible for selling up to seven per cent of all homes.

-- 65 per cent of home buyers who currently live in Toronto say they are more likely to leave Toronto when they purchase their next home, specifically because of the Toronto Land Transfer Tax.

Consider this: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) found that 85 per cent of home sellers said they would recommend their real estate agent or use the same agent next time they need to buy or sell.

-- 74 per cent of home buyers in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area say they are more likely to purchase a home outside of Toronto specifically because of the Toronto Land Transfer Tax;

Bedroom: Bedrooms use up to about 11 per cent of a home's lighting consumption.

Furthermore, 90 per cent of home buyers use the Internet at some point during the home - buying process.

Determine the average price of the first 60 per cent of homes that sold as «starters», then the next 25 per cent as «move - up» and then the last 15 per cent as luxury.

In 2001 about 69 per cent of all home buyers worked with a real estate agent.

In the $ 400,000 to $ 500,000 price range, 64 per cent of homes with DSLR photos sold within six months, compared to 46 per cent of homes with point - and - shoot photos.

Other estimates find 20 per cent to 25 per cent of home builders as problematic.

In reality, «91 per cent of home buyers who used the Internet to search for a home purchased through a real estate agent, as did 71 per cent of non-Internet users,» says the study.

Mark Annable proudly proclaims that the «technology developed by his real estate company» gives independent sellers access to MLS, which sells 85 per cent of all homes in his area, for peanuts so that they don't need to pay a «traditional Realtor».

In fact, 88 per cent of home buyers and renters visit a property website before finding their next home according to the National Association of Realtors» recent survey.

The new stress test will require Canadians making down payments of more than 20 per cent of a home's value — who do not need mortgage insurance — to prove they can afford their mortgage payments based on the greater of the Bank of Canada's five - year benchmark rate (currently 4.99 per cent) or their contract mortgage rate plus two percentage points.

Forty per cent of home buyers put down five per cent of the purchase price, says Genworth, while 35 per cent make a down payment of 10 per cent.

After five years and perhaps the strongest market ever seen in the GTA, less than five per cent of homes are sold this way.

Statistics show that 90 per cent of all home sales now include a home inspection.

February, 2010: Responding to concern that some Canadians were borrowing too much against the rising value of their homes, the government lowered the maximum amount Canadians could borrow in refinancing their mortgages to 90 per cent of a home's value, down from 95 per cent.

Without an agent, the property couldn't appear on the Multiple Listing Service - an Internet service run by the Canadian Real Estate Association that is responsible for about 90 per cent of all home sales in Canada.

But Government and Consumer Services Minister Marie - France Lalonde used dated figures when she said 65 per cent of home sales include an inspection.

Fire deaths in the United States realized a dramatic decline over the past three decades as smoke alarms became common — more than 95 per cent of homes have them, says a statement from the organization.

With more than 80 per cent of home buyers continuing to do their research online, agents must attach more photos to their listings for them to stand out and attract more potential buyers.»

Toronto boasts the same number of high - end homes as Vancouver, with around 1,800 units for sale, but that accounts for just 29 per cent of the homes on the market.

It found that 76 per cent of homes listed in Vancouver were priced at more than $ 1 million.

International buyers remain a relatively small contingent at three per cent of home sales,» he says.

November 2008 in Phoenix saw 53 per cent of all homes sold were «distressed».

Fully 35 per cent of home buyers in 2007 were retirees and that number is likely to increase in the coming years.»

Canadians have continued to demonstrate confidence in the Canadian housing market, with 57 per cent of home purchases in 2013 coming from first - time buyers.

«The market is very strong for first - time home buyers, and in Scarborough, 75 per cent of the homes are priced at less than $ 250,000,» says Alex. «There's an expression that you are either busy born or busy dying — and our case, we had to decide if we should expand to handle demand, or just hunker down.