November 01, 2021

There are three things that have characterized the Canadian residential housing market in 2021: the acute national supply shortage, low interest rates, and strong ongoing demand. Small wonder that according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), the actual national average sale price was up almost 14 per cent in September, year-over-year.

Faced with such hurdles to homeownership, almost two million Canadians – or about nine percent of the population aged 25 to 64 – lived with their parents in 2017, according to Statistics Canada. That’s double the number in 1995.

The joys of having your kids under your roof indefinitely may provide valuable context for an economic trend recently reported by CIBC deputy chief economist, Benjamin Tal.

In a new study, he reveals that Canadian parents gave their adult children about $10 billion toward the down-payment on a home over the past year. Just under 30 per cent of first-time buyers got an average $82,000 from the Bank of Mum and Dad. It’s up significantly from 2015, when the average parental contribution to 20 per cent of first-time buyers was $52,000.

You get the details on the report here.

When it comes to navigating such a complex residential real estate market, it’s worth noting that Canadians are turning to realtors for professional guidance. Ourboro, a Peerage Realty partner company that provide down-payment financing for first-time buyers, recently undertook market research that clearly demonstrated the value of trusted advisors when it comes to buying a home.