{"id":7150,"date":"2017-10-12T10:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2017-10-04T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T03:24:50","slug":"crea-updates-2018-real-estate-sales-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/10\/crea-updates-2018-real-estate-sales-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"CREA Updates 2018 Real Estate Sales Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Home sales nationwide are expected to drop to their lowest level in three years in 2018, driven largely by the decline in Ontario, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The association said it expects 495,100 homes to be sold next year after downgrading its sales forecast for 2017 due to a 9.9% drop in August compared to sales in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs is the case this year, most of the annual decline in sales next year reflects an expected decline in Ontario sales, with activity anticipated to remain well below the record-levels logged in early 2017,\u201d CREA said in its quarterly forecast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The association expects sales to decline by 2.3% in 2018, following a 5.3% decline this year to 506,000, or 20,000 fewer than previously forecast in June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seasonally adjusted sales in August rose 1.3% from the previous month, due to a 14.3% boost in sales in the Greater Toronto Area. Sales in the GTA were down 35% from a year ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Policy Changes to Keep Market Cooler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benjamin Reitzes, senior economist and director of BMO Capital Markets, said the August data suggests the worst may have passed for the GTA, following the rollout of provincial policy changes designed to restrict foreign buyers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Bank of Canada\u2019s rate hikes should help contain any renewed exuberance, but if things do heat up again, expect policy-makers to step in before too long,\u201d Reitzes said in a report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sales Down Across Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CREA projects sales in British Columbia and Ontario to drop by about 10% in 2017, compared to record highs set in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The association said sales in August were down in almost two-thirds of all local markets, led by the Greater Toronto Area and nearby housing markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In contrast, August sales were up 7.3% from July in Vancouver, and 21.3% higher compared to a year ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cExperience shows that homebuyers watch mortgage rates carefully and that recent interest rate increases will prompt some to make an offer before rates move higher, while moving others to the sidelines,\u201d said Andrew Peck, president of CREA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/crea-updates-2018-real-estate-sales-forecast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CREA Updates 2018 Real Estate Sales Forecast<\/a> by Which Mortgage | Zoocasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home sales nationwide are expected to drop to their lowest level in three years in 2018, driven largely by the decline in Ontario, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association &hellip; 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