Housing Correction Gaining Pace, to Continue Through Next Year: Report

Housing Correction Gaining Pace, to Continue Through Next Year: Report
A for sale is sign is displayed in front of a house in the Riverdale area of Toronto on Sept. 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Evan Buhler
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Desjardins is forecasting the average home price in Canada will decline by nearly 25 percent by the end of 2023 from the peak reached in February of this year.

In its latest residential real estate outlook published on Thursday, Desjardins says it’s expecting a sharp correction in the housing market, adjusting its previous forecast that predicted a 15-per-cent drop in the average home price over that same period.