Home Prices to Fall Another 14 Percent by Spring 2023, RBC Forecasts

Home Prices to Fall Another 14 Percent by Spring 2023, RBC Forecasts
A new home is displayed for sale in Ottawa on July 14, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Home prices in Canada have yet to bottom out, with a decline of 14 percent expected in spring 2023, a Royal Bank of Canada economist says.

Robert Hogue, RBC assistant chief economist, told the Toronto Star that the bank raised its previous prediction of 12 percent decline to 14 percent on Sept. 15, after the Bank of Canada raised a key rate by 0.75 percent to 3.25 percent on Sept. 7 in an effort to further dampen inflation.