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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in September was up 5% compared with August.

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With mortgage renewal fears easing, RBC warns that a weakening job market could be the bigger threat to Canada’s economy

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After what has been a sluggish summer, home buying demand started to pick back up in September—and lower mortgage rates are largely the cause.

A total of three rate cuts passed down from the Bank of Canada since June have cumulatively lowered the cost of borrowing for Canadians by 75 basis points, from 5% to 4.25%, offering home buyers some much-needed relief in terms of affordability.

This is according to the latest affordability report compiled by Ratehub.ca, which crunches the minimum annual income required to buy an average home in some of Canada’s major cities. (Ratehub Inc. owns both Ratehub.ca and MoneySense.) The report is based on September 2024 and August 2024 real estate data reported by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). It illustrates how changing mortgage rates, stress test rates and real estate prices are impacting the income needed to buy a home. 

The September edition (updated monthly, so bookmark this page) shows the required income lowered in 11 of the 13 housing markets studied, as the average five-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to 5…

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