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A brand new report from TD Economics predicts Canada will see the weakest stage of house gross sales since 2001 this yr.

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The housing market outlook from economist Rishi Sondhi attributes the prediction to the poorest affordability stage for the reason that late 80s and early 90s.

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Sondhi is forecasting that house gross sales will attain their backside someday in early 2023, after declining 20 per cent from peak to trough.

He says steep annual common value declines are anticipated in a lot of the Atlantic provinces, Ontario and B.C. in 2023, whereas lesser drops will materialize throughout the Prairies and in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Canadian Actual Property Affiliation mentioned final month that the precise nationwide common house value was $632,802 in November, a 12 per cent decline from the identical month final yr.

November house gross sales totalled 30,135, a 39 per cent drop from a yr prior.