{"id":9128,"date":"2018-05-15T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2018-05-15T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T15:21:07","slug":"rising-rates-percolating-through-luxury-housing-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2018\/05\/rising-rates-percolating-through-luxury-housing-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Rates Percolating Through Luxury Housing Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite rising interest and qualifying rates, the luxury sector of the housing market should remain largely unaffected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe luxury market tends to be much more a function of consumer confidence, which is a function of business confidence, which is a function of employment, and unemployment is at a very low rate right now of less than 6% in the Toronto region,\u201d said Sotheby\u2019s President and CEO Brad Henderson. \u201cGDP growth is very strong in Toronto compared to Canada, and job prospects are good. People will make discretionary purchases when they have that level of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unsurprisingly, the well-heeled have an easier time absorbing rate hikes than the rest of the buying market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn terms of the luxury market, it is generally not as sensitive to interest rate changes as the first-time or low-income buyers because qualifying for the mortgage stress test is not an issue for people who can afford luxury homes,\u201d said Henderson. \u201cIf people are not happy with the price that they may get for their home, they\u2019ll typically just sit on it and not feel the pressure. We only see significant differences in situations where there\u2019s an extraordinary event or discretionary opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rate hikes could percolate up the ladder, though, because the real estate market\u2019s various sectors depend on each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMany often argue that the luxury market is immune to such raises, given the fact that buyers are making sizeable down payments or paying 100% cash,\u201d said Forest Hill Real Estate broker Matt Smith. \u201cWhile this is somewhat true and we still have buyers who fall into that category, the number of them is diminishing. They\u2019re becoming more and more rare, rather than common. The reality is the real estate market as a whole is interconnected\u2014the entry-level, mid-market, and the luxury segment\u2014and the new regulations pressed into effect by the Ontario government last spring have flowed through the entire market. Fewer entry-level buyers mean you have fewer buyers moving up the property ladder, and this means fewer entrants into the luxury housing market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In other words, rising rates indirectly impact luxury buyers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEntry-level buyers are critical to facilitating the progression of homeowners up the property ladder,\u201d continued Smith. \u201cNew stress tests and rising rates are directly affecting the entry-level buyer, and in turn impacting the luxury segment. It&#8217;s a domino effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca\/news\/rising-rates-percolating-through-market-242415.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rising Rates Percolating Through Market<\/a> by Neil Sharma | Canadian Real Estate Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite rising interest and qualifying rates, the luxury sector of the housing market should remain largely unaffected. \u201cThe luxury market tends to be much more a function of consumer confidence, &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2018\/05\/rising-rates-percolating-through-luxury-housing-market\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rising Rates Percolating Through Luxury Housing Market &#8226; 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