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NBC: Reliefs for housing affordability in the first quarter of 2024

5/29/2024

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Canadian housing affordability posted a first improvement in three quarters in Q1'24. The mortgage payment on a representative home as a percentage of income (MPPI) fell 3.1 percentage points, the largest one quarter improvement since the second quarter of 2019. Seasonally adjusted home prices decreased 0.6% in Q1'24 from Q4'23; the benchmark mortgage rate (5-year term) slumped 32 basis points, while median household income rose 1.2%.
  • Affordability improved in all ten markets covered in Q1. On a sliding scale of markets from best progression to least: Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa-Gatineau, Edmonton, Quebec, Calgary. Countrywide, affordability enhanced 2.2 pp in the condo portion vs. a 3.4 pp betterment in the non-condo segment.

https://www.nbc.ca/content/dam/bnc/taux-analyses/analyse-eco/logement/housing-affordability.pdf

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