Canada may well be presaging the Australian property market with buying conditions in May falling well below expectations. And its the fault of the millenials of course:
New mortgage regulations which are now in full swing have stymied fringe buyers, particularly millennials. According to new data from credit bureau TransUnion, new mortgage originations among millennials in Canada fell by 19.5% between the last quarter of 2017 and the first three months of 2018.
As shown in the chart below, national home sales in Canada plunged by 16% Y/Y for the month of May. This was the worst decline since the great financial crisis in 2008 when home sales dipped 17% that May. Furthermore, total home sales of 50,604 marked the lowest total since May 2011.
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