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Total sales for 2011 amounted to 89,347 – up four per cent in comparison to 2010, reported TREB.“Low borrowing costs kept buyers confident in their ability to comfortably cover their mortgage payments along with other major housing costs,” said TREB President Richard Silver. “If buyers had not been constrained by a shortage ...

 Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 7,922 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in July 2011, representing a 23% increase over July 2010. Total sales through the first seven months of this year amounted to 55,863 – down by 1.3% compared to the same period in 2010. After adjusting for seasonal fluctuations, the July figure ...

Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,337 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in January 2011. This result was 13 per cent lower than the record result reported in January 2010. The average selling price for January 2011 sales was $427,037, representing an increase of over four per cent compared to the average of $409,058 reported ...

Fixed Rates:  Have gone up.   5 year term fixed rates range from 3.94% to 4.09% depending on "real deal" vs pre-approval, size of mortgage, and length of time until closing. Variable Rates: Have gone down a little. 5 year variable rate 2.20% (prime minus 0.80%) 3 year variable rate 2.15% The rate used by lenders to ...

The major Canadian banks - CIBC, RBC Royal Bank and TD Canada Trust have increased fixed rate mortgages by 0.25 percentage points to 5.44 per cent.  The banks increased it's one-year fixed rate mortgage 0.15 percentage to 3.5 per cent. The mortgage rates are affected by bond yields. which have also risen as a result of ...

According to a new survey by TD Canada Trust, more than two-thirds of repeat homebuyers expect their next house purchase won't be their last. Twenty-three per cent of the more than 1,000 participants -- all repeat homebuyers -- said they plan to move again within six years. One in five repeat buyers has owned more than five homes. All ...

Canadian homeowners are in the best shape when it comes to financial fitness, according to a survey conducted by Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Company Canada. The survey found 65% of homeowners pay off their credit card balances in full each month compared to 48% of non-homeowners. Those more likely to pay off their credit card balance ...

Canadians will be spared a U.S.-style wave of foreclosures when the housing market corrects and interest rates rise, according to a report from DBRS Ltd. examining Canada’s $1-trillion mortgage market. DBRS expects housing prices to fall and acknowledges that the soaring trajectory of consumer debt is worrying. But the debt-rating ...

Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest bank, is leading the way on another round of mortgage-rate hikes, boosting borrowing costs in April for the third time in recent weeks. The rate on a five-year closed mortgage is now 6.25 per cent, an increase from the previous rate of 6.10 per cent. A one-year closed rate will, as of ...

The average Canadian's debt-to-income ratio amounted to 145% after the home prices hiked five times, the average persons' after-tax income. The report from Vanier Institute said that the mortgage arrears were up by 50%, although the absolute number of arrears was still ultra-low by international standards. The media suggests increase in ...