Charts
Facts
Nominal price growth between 2000 and 2012 - 139%
Real price growth between 2000 and 2012 - 96%
Debt-to-income ratio - 165%
Real Income Growth between 2000 and 2010 - 8%
Nominal Rental Price Growth for 2-bedroom apartment - 35%
Rental Vacancy Rate in 2012 - 2.8%
79% of mortgages have amortization period of 25 years of less (RBC)
65% of mortgages are fixed rate
65% of mortgages are insured
Mortgage holders have 51% equity on average
All homeowners have 70% equity on average
68% of mortgage owners did not made an extra payment in past 12 month
Canadians owe $1.2 trillion in mortgage debt
Toronto home prices in 1990's only went negative (Y/Y) 10 month after the sales went negative (Y/Y)
Residential mortgage debt growth has exceeded personal disposable income growth for the past decade
Sources: Statscan, RBC, CMHC.
Opinions:
Garth Turner: public figure "...It’s why I’ve told people for the past few years to ready for a price decline of 15% nationally (more in the frothy areas, less in demand pockets), then years of flatlining or decline as our demographics go negative."
David Madani from Capital Economics:
"We still believe that house prices will eventually
drop by as much as 25%."
First Foundation, Mortgage Brokerage Firm: thinks
David Madani is wrong! Specifically they believe that: "...that people are not over-leveraged, that
our incomes are sufficient to pay out obligations, and that the fundamentals are solid for
a good, old fashioned, boring real estate market where reality overcomes
emotions and conjecture ".
Charles Hanes, real estate agent: "I can tell you that these historically high price that we have seen
over the past few years and the surprising vacancy rates we're seeing in condo
buildings (a recent study showed that over 25% of high end condo units in the
top echelon of the market are vacant) coupled with the excessive fixation on
selling condo units to speculators (end-user buyers get last shot at buying a
condo in this city), suggest to me that supply is outstripping legitimate
demand."
David Rosenberg, Economist at Gluskin
Sheff: "The
correction in the domestic residential real estate market is completely
overhyped outside of the imploding Vancouver and Toronto condo
markets,"