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Hot housing market to cool, prices will drop next year, TD Bank saysWed May 5, 10:18 AM
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Email StoryIM StoryPrintable View.By The Canadian Press
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( N1 ~- _0 R$ G+ hOTTAWA - The TD Bank says home sales will be significantly lower in the second half of this year and next — and prices are dropping too.3 r% }: d W2 n" s
3 t; p0 r" |7 o+ \3 `0 G% QThe 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.
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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.5 W: [$ I7 f; r; N
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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.! ]0 m9 D3 {7 ~+ c. o
$ F$ T2 H& d+ A" ?The 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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