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Canadian Real Estate To See Volatility: RBC Eases Soft Landing Position

RBC is calling bigger price declines for Toronto and Vancouver real estate—but thinks almost every other provinces is ...
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Canadian Mortgages Backed By Inflated Home Values, Zero Equity

Canadian lenders are increasingly using inflated home values to boost mortgage leverage and close new homes. Who really ...
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Canadian Inflation Soars—But More Alarming Is What Wasn’t Mentioned

Inflation surged in September, but the most troubling signal wasn’t what Statistics Canada reported—it’s what they chose not ...
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Canadian Mortgages Now A Record 8 In 10 Dollars of Household Debt

Canadian household debt hit $3.13T in August, with mortgage credit now making up a record 74.5%—the highest share in Canadian ...
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Canadian Real Estate Sellers Flooded The Market With Record Inventory

Canadian real estate sellers flooded the market with record listings, leaving the market balance the weakest since the 1990s ...
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Canadian New Vehicle Sales Flash Another Recession Sign

Canada’s new vehicle sales posted their biggest August drop since 2010, signaling weakening consumer demand and potential ...
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This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Resembles US Bubble, Investors See Major Risk Event

Canadian real estate echoes the U.S. housing bubble, mortgage delinquencies climb, & investors prepare for a major risk event ...
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Canada’s Job Market Mismatch: 1 In 3 New Immigrants Overqualified

Canada’s job market oversold and underdelivered. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data contained a special Labour Force Survey ...
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Canada’s Job Market Is Booming—If You Ignore The Unadjusted Data

Canada may be fighting trade wars on two fronts, but its job market didn’t get the memo. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data ...
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This Week’s Top Stories: Record Canadian Real Estate Sellers, & More Recession Signs

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Sees Foreign Investment Surge, But They Want Debt—In US Dollars Canada just saw foreign investment return—but not in a ...
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Canada Sees Foreign Investment Surge, But They Want Debt—In US Dollars

Canada saw foreign investment return, but it wasn’t the positive indicator it normally signals. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows foreign investors recorded a net inflow of $25.9 billion in ...