News: Vancouver Real Estate Market

Posted on by
Posted in BC Home Sales, BC Housing Market, BC Provincial GDP, BCREA, British Columbia Real Estate Association, Canadian Economy, COVID-19 Economic Data, COVID-19 Recession, Economic Growth, Economic impact of COVID-19, Greater Vancouver, Home Owners, Interest Rates, Metro Vancouver, Residential Homes, Unemployment Rate

In the past 40 years, the Canadian economy has had three recessions, each of them different in cause, depth, and duration. The 2020 COVID-19 recession is said to be deep, but will not last long when compared to past recessions. The one glaring similarity throughout these recessions is how the BC housing market has both endured and recovered successfully.

COVID-19, Recessions and the BC Housing Market

According to the current forecast, the Canadian economy is said to contract approximately by 4% in the first quarter of 2020, followed by a startling...

Read

Posted on by
Posted in Bank of Canada, Canadian Economy, Covid-19 Economic Data, Economic Forecast, Economic impact of COVID-19, Economic Update, GDP, Job Losses, Oil Prices, Provincial GDP, RBC, RBC Economics, Recession, Recovery Efforts, Statistics Canada, Unemployment Rate

The Bank of Canada economic update reveals one million job losses in the month of March, which exceeded anything we've experienced. Furthermore, the losses in April are said to be far higher compared to last month. All provinces are said to slip into severe recession this year. Here are some of the important statistics you need to know:

RBC Covid-19 Economic Update

  • 20% to 25% of provincial GDP are highly impacted industries like retail trade, transportation services (including airlines), education, arts and recreation, and food...
Read
Powered by myRealPage.com