The Bank of Canada confirms rate hikes ending soon! Tiff Macklem in a speech to the Canadian Senate said that the Bank of Canadaโs interest rate hikes are ending soon. It is probably starting to sound like a broken record but inventory levels in the Toronto real estate market continues to be critically low. Earlier this year it was the number of homes for sale that was critically low, now it is the number of homes available for rent. The Canadian government has released its new immigration targets which will see 500,000 new Canadians being welcomed to Canada per year by 2025. To combat the housing crisis in the Ontario real estate market the government of Ontario has introduced the More Homes, Build Faster Act.
This is the weekly Bald Prairie Real Estate Canadian real estate news roundup.
My name is Matthew Pfeifer, and this is Bald Prairie Real estate, a Canadian real estate channel. I am a REALTORยฎ in Regina Saskatchewan working for Royal LePage Regina Realty. In over 10 years working as a real estate agent, I have seen both ups and downs in the market. But there is no real estate market that you cannot buy or sell a house in. Often the media tries to present a Canadian real estate market, or they talk about the real estate market in Canada as if there is a national real estate market. The real estate market in Canada is very regionalized and local, which is why my monthly Canadian real estate market does not just look at the national statistics, or updates that cover Vancouver and Toronto only, but other individual cities like Calgary, Halifax, Montreal and more. The very local aspect of the Canadian real estate market is why it can be so hard for governments to craft policy for the "Canadian" real estate market. Being from Regina, me and my team specialize in the Regina real estate market and have a much different approach and outlook on Canadian real estate than a REALTORยฎ from a larger market like Toronto or Vancouver. I cover first-time home buyer topics, tips for selling your home, how to buy a house in Canada, monthly Canadian housing market market updates and weekly Canadian real estate news recaps.