February 4, 2008 |
Welcome to the February issue of CAAMP Stats. |
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Bank of Canada Interest Rate |
December 4, 2007 |
4.25% |
January 22, 2008 |
4.00% |
March 4, 2008 |
Next meeting date |
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Source: Bank of Canada |
Bank Prime Lending Rate |
December 5, 2007 |
6.00% |
January 23, 2008 |
5.75% |
March 5, 2008 |
Next meeting date |
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Source: Bank of Canada |
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US Federal Reserve Board Discount Rate |
December 11, 2007 |
4.25% |
January 22, 2008 (Inter Mtg.) |
3.50% |
January 30, 2008 |
3.00% |
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Source: US Federal Reserve |
Exchange Rate ($CDN/$US) |
Exchange Rate $CDN/$US |
$CDN/$US |
December 28, 2007 |
1.0199 |
$CDN/$US |
January 16, 2008 |
0.9760 |
$CDN/$US |
January 30, 2008 |
1.0068 |
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Source:Bank of Canada |
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Government of Canada Bonds |
Bond Type |
December 27, 2007 |
January 16, 2008 |
January 30, 2008 |
1 Year Treasury Bill |
4.01% |
3.51% |
3.35% |
3 Year Benchmark Bond Yield |
3.92% |
3.40% |
3.30% |
5 Year Benchmark Bond Yield |
3.96% |
3.52% |
3.50% |
10 Year Benchmark Bond Yield |
4.09% |
3.82% |
3.88% |
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Source: Bank of Canada |
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Total New Housing Starts (Seasonable adjusted and annualized) |
Province |
October 2007 |
November 2007 |
December 2007 |
Newfoundland/Labrador |
2,800 |
3,300 |
2,900 |
PEI |
600 |
1,100 |
600 |
Nova Scotia |
5,500 |
4,100 |
4,400 |
New Brunswick |
3,800 |
3,800 |
4,500 |
Quebec |
43,500 |
38,100 |
39,200 |
Ontario |
67,400 |
74,900 |
51,700 |
Manitoba |
6,800 |
5,200 |
4,600 |
Saskatchewan |
5,700 |
5,700 |
5,000 |
Alberta |
47,400 |
43,600 |
37,900 |
British Columbia |
42,500 |
50,500 |
33,900 |
CANADA |
226,000 |
230,300 |
184,700 |
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Source: CMHC Housing Now January 2008. This seasonally adjusted data goes through stages of revision at different times of the year. |
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Average MLS resale price for local markets |
City |
December 2006 |
December 2007 |
Halifax |
$205,804 |
$209,156 |
Quebec City |
$148,989 |
$174,768 |
Montreal |
$223,416 |
$242,485 |
Ottawa |
$249,196 |
$276,839 |
Toronto |
$336,217 |
$394,931 |
Hamilton/Burlington |
$248,046 |
$261,728 |
Saskatoon |
$175,302 |
$255,271 |
Calgary |
$361,611 |
$400,139 |
Edmonton |
$294,155 |
$329,705 |
Vancouver |
$519,421 |
$566,192 |
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Source: Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) |
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Canadian Major Market Residential MLS Summary* |
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Seasonally Adjusted
December 2007 |
Seasonally Adjusted
November 2007 |
Unadjusted Data
December 2007 |
Unadjusted Data
December 2006 |
Dollar Volume
($ millions) |
10,045.8 |
10,144.6 |
5,777.0 |
5,301.5 |
Unit Sales |
29,156 |
29,893 |
17,357 |
18,017 |
Average Price ($) | | |
332,836 |
294,251 |
New Listings |
47,440 |
49,553 |
20,511 |
20,833 |
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Source: Canadian Real Estate Association * Includes totals for 25 major markets in Canada |
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Standard two-story Housing Affordability Index |
Region |
Average Price |
Qualifying
Income ($)
Q3 2007
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Affordability Measure (%) |
Q3 2007 ($) |
Y/Y % ch. |
Q2 2007 (rev) |
Q3 2007 |
Canada* |
345,575 |
9.8 |
84,376 |
46.3 |
47.4 |
British Columbia |
542,012 |
9.0 |
122,134 |
68.2 |
70.8 |
Alberta |
424,935 |
22.2 |
98,377 |
44.8 |
45.5 |
Saskatchewan |
277,667 |
52.1 |
68,969 |
40.2 |
41.9 |
Manitoba |
220,549 |
11.4 |
58,496 |
34.5 |
35.6 |
Ontario |
349,406 |
6.8 |
86,671 |
43.0 |
43.8 |
Quebec |
261,565 |
3.9 |
68,953 |
43.9 |
44.7 |
Atlantic |
207,222 |
13.4 |
54,610 |
36.9 |
37.6 |
Toronto |
481,315 |
7.8 |
114,834 |
52.2 |
53.4 |
Montreal |
299,601 |
5.0 |
76,708 |
46.1 |
47.2 |
Vancouver |
619,892 |
7.8 |
138,309 |
73.3 |
75.2 |
Ottawa |
317,642 |
4.1 |
81,531 |
36.9 |
37.4 |
Calgary |
476,711 |
17.5 |
107,329 |
45.7 |
46.9 |
Edmonton |
376,060 |
20.5 |
89,644 |
41.7 |
41.8 |
Source: RBC Financial Group Housing Affordability Index, December 2007 Index based on a 25% down payment and a 25 year mortgage loan at a five year fixed rate. The higher the index, the more difficult it is to afford home. An affordability index of 50 means that homeownership costs including mortgage payments, utilities and property taxes take up half of a typical households monthly pre-tax income. |
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Source: RBC Economics Research |
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