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Hot housing market to cool, prices will drop next year, TD Bank saysWed May 5, 10:18 AM! P$ B6 k5 e, q' ?) q
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA - The TD Bank says home sales will be significantly lower in the second half of this year and next — and prices are dropping too.
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The new outlook is in accord with previous expectations, with the exception that TD now believes the slowdown from the current hot housing market to be sharper.
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The bank says with home construction stronger than expected, the added supply will soon begin affecting prices.$ k0 v; s) p4 k: ]
+ |7 @$ U7 n) x" M! }# wThe first half of this year has been hotter than expected, and the second half will be cooler, the bank says.
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TD says it had expected existing home prices next year to gain a modest 1.6 per cent, but now believes they will actually fall about 2.7 per cent on average. \: U. L) b( ?" X! L+ n
. A. d$ z* A7 k7 yThe bank says prices will drop next year in seven of Canada's 10 provinces, with the three prairie provinces breaking the trend. |
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