Household worth rebounds after recession
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Times Colonist- Rising stocks and home prices have helped restore almost all of the value Canadians lost in household net worth during the economic downturn.
Household net worth rose 1.3%, or by $74-billion, to $6-trillion, as the growth in the value of assets, particularly equities and residential real estate, exceeded the increase in liabilities, Statistics Canada reported Monday.
“This marks the fourth consecutive quarterly improvement in household net worth and reflects a 96 per cent recovery off the net worth lost during the recent economic downturn,” David Onyett-Jeffries, economist at RBC Economics Research, wrote in an analysis.
“The increase of household net worth continues to repair the cumulative $552-billion decline.”
Household debt has also risen as low interest rates have encouraged Canadians to increase borrowings, but that has led to strengthening in demand and asset prices, particularly housing, said Mr. Onyett-Jeffries…
Household worth rebounds after recession
B.C. to blame for lowered expectations
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The Vancouver Sun- B.C. saw some of the biggest post-recession rebounds in real estate markets, so a recent cooling of sales in the province is a big reason the Canadian Real Estate Association revised its national housing market forecast to reflect lower sales and an easing of prices.
CREA, in its revised forecast released Wednesday, estimated B.C. sales will decrease almost six per cent to 80,000 transactions this year, a dramatic shift from the 101,900 sales in its initial forecast released in February.
Average prices, CREA estimates, will edge up 2.3 per cent this year to $476,400 before slipping back 3.5 per cent in 2011…
