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Household debt climbs to 167.8 per cent, says StatsCan
– macleans.ca
(Shutterstock)OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe compared with their disposable income climbed higher in the second quarter.
The agency says household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income increased to 167.8 per cent, up from 166.6 per cent in the first quarter.
That means for every dollar of household disposable income there was $1.68 in credit market debt.
The increase came as household income increased 1.2 per cent while household credit market debt rose 1.9 per cent.
Total household credit market debt, which includes consumer credit, mortgage and non-mortgage loans, totalled nearly $2.08 trillion in the second quarter.
Mortgage debt increased 1.6 per cent to $1.36 trillion, while consumer credit grew 2.4 per cent to $609.6 billion.
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Housing Market Digests: August 2017
– canadianmortgagetrends.com
Will Dunning, Chief Economist for Mortgage Professionals Canada, has released his Housing Market Digests for August 2017, both for Canada and the Greater Toronto Area. Each report summarizes key trends in the housing market and the economy. CANADA GREATER TORONTO AREA * NOTE: Buttons will download/open PDF files.
Q3 2017 Bank Earnings – Mortgage Morsels
– canadianmortgagetrends.com
Canada’s Big 6 banks wrapped up another earnings season with another $10.69 billion in total net profit. Earnings were fuelled by strong mortgage growth for at least several banks, notably CIBC, which saw its mortgage volume shoot up 13% from last year, and RBC, with mortgage balances up 6%. During the shareholder conference calls executives […]
