Daily Archives: May 26, 2010

CREA to Canadians: RELAX

A day after CIBC reported that homes in Canada are overvalued, CREA responds that home prices will not fall US-style but rather incomes will rise to meet home prices.

Read the entire report below. Please share what you think in the comments.

House Price Index (HPI): March 2010

Calgary home prices continued to descend slowly into the spring month of March. According to Teranet’s House Price Index released today, March marked the 3rd consecutive month-over-month decline, down 0.3% from February. Year-over-year, Calgary home prices were up 2.7%. Year-to-date, Calgary house prices were down 1.17%.

Canadian home prices in March were up 11.6% from a year earlier, and up 0.3% from February.

The largest MoM gain was in Halifax, recording a 1.4% increase. The largest YoY gain was in Toronto, up a staggering 15.5%, closely followed by Vancouver with a 14.4% increase.

Source: www.housepriceindex.ca