OTTAWA,
ON, July 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Following
another quiet spring, and increased levels of supply, the Canadian
Real Estate Association (CREA) has scaled back its housing market
forecast for 2024 and 2025.
Since CREA's last forecast in April, expectations around
interest rate cuts this year have been dialed back. Supply has also
built up by more than expected as large numbers of sellers came to
the market with properties for sale in the spring; however, buyers
remained on the sidelines.
While lower interest rates are still expected to gradually bring
buyers back into the market going forward, a slow spring market
this year along with growing levels of supply has resulted in a
downward revision to the forecast for both sales and average home
prices.
Some 472,395 residential properties are forecast to trade hands
via Canadian MLS® Systems in 2024, a 6.1% increase from 2023.
The national average home price is
forecast to climb 2.5% on an annual basis to $694,393 in 2024.
National home sales are forecast climb a further 6.2%
to 501,902 units in 2025 as interest rates continue to
decline and demand continues to flow back off the sidelines.
The national average home
price is forecast to rise by 5% from 2024 to
$729,319 in 2025.
Each quarter, CREA updates its forecast for home sales
activity and average home prices via Multiple Listing Service®
(MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate boards and associations.
CREA's next forecast will be published on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
About the Canadian Real Estate Association
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is one of
Canada's largest single-industry
associations. CREA works on behalf of more than 160,000 REALTORS®
who contribute to the economic and social well-being of communities
across Canada. Together they
advocate for property owners, buyers, and sellers.
SOURCE Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)