{"id":16957,"date":"2019-10-25T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:31:12","slug":"september-housing-market-recap-home-construction-down-prices-sales-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/september-housing-market-recap-home-construction-down-prices-sales-up\/","title":{"rendered":"September Housing Market Recap: Home Construction Down, Prices, Sales Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>By: Which Mortgage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Home Builds Slow Down<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of newly built homes in Canada slowed by 2.5%, offsetting the 1.9% growth it saw in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts dropped to 221,202 units from 226,871 units in August, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the September figure was still higher than the 214,500 units that economists have expected on average, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall decline in the pace of housing starts came as the pace of urban starts dropped by 2.4% to 208,503 units. Urban starts of apartment, condo and other multi-unit housing projects edged down by 0.2% to 159,742, while the starts of single-detached urban homes dipped by 9.2% to 48,761 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, rural starts were estimated at a SAAR of 12,699 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, the six-month moving average of the monthly SAAR of housing starts rose to 223,507 from 218,782 in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home Prices See Modest Gains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National home prices edged up, led by gains in Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index, which measures changes for resales of single-family homes, showed that prices rose by 0.1% from August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gain was slightly below the 21-year average of 0.2% for the month of September. Still, the index was higher for the second consecutive month after correcting for seasonal pressure, said Marc Pinsonneault, National Bank of Canada\u2019s senior economist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The index for Montreal increased by 1%, while Ottawa-Gatineau\u2019s index was up by 0.8%. In contrast, Vancouver\u2019s index fell by 0.5%, the 14th straight month that it was down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared to September 2018, the composite index gained 0.7%. That was much less than the inflation rate, but it was the second consecutive month that the year-over-year gain accelerated, Pinsonneault said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Toronto, the year-over-year increase was 4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home Sales Up from February<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Home sales across Canada rose for the seventh straight month, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/crea-september-2019\/\"> Canadian Real Estate Association<\/a> (CREA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CREA\u2019s data revealed that national home sales edged up by 0.6% from August, bringing them 18% above the six-year low reached in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales climbed by 15.5% on a year-over-year basis, reflecting the combination of slow sales in September 2018 and a rebound in activity this year. However, last month\u2019s sales were still ~8% below highs reached in 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From year-ago levels, sales activity increased in all of Canada\u2019s largest urban markets, including the Lower Mainland, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton-Burlington, Ottawa, and Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Home sales activity and prices are improving after having weakened significantly in a number of housing markets,&#8221; said Gregory Klump, CREA&#8217;s chief economist. &#8220;How long the current rebound continues depends on economic growth, which is being subdued by trade and business investment uncertainties.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of newly listed homes edged down by 0.6%. The modest increase in sales, combined with the slight decline in new supply, tightened the national sales-to-new-listings ratio to 61.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of September, there were 4.5 months of inventory nationwide \u2013 the lowest level recorded since December 2017. This market-balance measure has been increasingly retreating below its long-term average of 5.3 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Which Mortgage New Home Builds Slow Down The number of newly built homes in Canada slowed by 2.5%, offsetting the 1.9% growth it saw in August. The seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts dropped to 221,202 units from 226,871 units in August, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. 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