加拿大9月房屋销售再降2.3% 抵押贷款利率上升抑制需求
加拿大房地产协会（CREA）10月16日发布的月度数据称，加拿大9月全国房屋销售环比下降2.3%，延续8月0.7%的跌势；未经季节调整的同比降幅为7.7%。房价指数环比下跌0.4%、同比下跌3.4%，新挂牌房源在8月反弹后环比减少1.8%，销售与新挂牌比降至48.8%，低于54.7%的长期平均水平。
CREA高级经济学家肖恩·卡思卡特表示，固定抵押贷款利率最新一轮跳升之下，这一结果并不意外，市场普遍预期加拿大央行将在年底前跟进加息。
加拿大央行下一次议息决定定于10月28日，市场预计当次不会加息，但货币市场已计入12月加息25个基点的预期。央行行长蒂夫·麦克勒姆此前警告，能源价格压力持续的时间越长，维持利率不变就越困难。（GSM 据路透社报道）
Canadian Home Sales Fall 2.3% in September as Higher Mortgage Rates Weigh
Canadian home sales extended their decline in September, falling 2.3 percent month over month after a 0.7 percent drop in August, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said in its monthly report on October 16. Sales were down 7.7 percent year over year without seasonal adjustment, the Home Price Index fell 0.4 percent on the month and 3.4 percent from a year ago, and newly listed properties fell 1.8 percent after an August rebound. The sales-to-new listings ratio slipped to 48.8 percent, below its long-term average of 54.7 percent.
"This was hardly surprising given the latest jump in fixed mortgage rates, and with the Bank of Canada now widely expected to follow with a rate hike before the end of the year," said CREA senior economist Shaun Cathcart.
The Bank of Canada is not expected to raise rates at its October 28 decision, but money markets are pricing in a 25-basis-point hike in December. Governor Tiff Macklem has warned that the longer elevated energy prices persist, the harder it becomes not to raise rates. (GSM, based on Reuters reporting)
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