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Hot housing market to cool, prices will drop next year, TD Bank saysWed May 5, 10:18 AM2 _) D# V- ~) W5 L" @) H( {
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.2 _4 |4 L2 C8 x) G
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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.3 y$ P$ x% v# h
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The 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.( G' X' U5 x2 d
. @% T b! Z! [7 |* l" f/ H8 OThe 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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