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With national home prices on a steady rise (up 3.5% year over year in February, and over 20% in Canada’s most competitive markets), how would a home buyer who purchased a property last year be faring on their investment now? Zoocasa has crunched the numbers, using the latest housing market data released by the Canadian Real Estate Association<\/a>, to find the average return on down payment investment per major real estate centre.<\/p>\n

Related Read: Will the US Fed Rate Hike Mean Higher Canadian Mortgage Rates?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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With national home prices on a steady rise (up 3.5% year over year in February, and over 20% in Canada’s most competitive markets), how would a home buyer who purchased a property last year be faring on their investment now? Zoocasa has crunched the numbers, using the latest housing market data released by the Canadian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":10947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,181,587],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-news","category-toronto-real-estate","category-vancouver-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"\nWas Your Down Payment a Good Investment? | Zoocasa Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Did you purchase a home last year? 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