Assessing House Prices in Canada

Author/Editor:

Michal Andrle ; Miroslav Plašil

Publication Date:

November 15, 2019

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper assesses house prices in 11 Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) using the borrowing-capacity and the net-present-value approaches. The results indicate that by the end of 2018, house prices in most metropolitan areas are aligned with macroeconomic fundamentals. However, in Hamilton, Toronto, and Vancouver house prices have increased beyond the values implied by the fundamentals.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2019/248

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

November 15, 2019

ISBN/ISSN:

9781513519180/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2019248

Pages:

25

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