-- 加拿大丰业银行表示,3月份全国房屋销售量连续第五个月下降,经季节性调整后较2月份下降0.1%,而自2025年3月以来,未经季节性调整的房屋销售量已下降2.3%。 从2月到3月,该银行追踪的31个本地市场中有17个市场的房屋销售量出现下降。 此外,全国新挂牌房源数量在2月至3月期间经季节性调整后下降0.2%,自2025年3月以来经季节性调整的房屋挂牌量已下降4.9%。 丰业银行指出,造成这一现象的因素包括:自2024年年中达到近期峰值以来,抵押贷款利率下降的滞后效应推高了住房需求;自2025年初以来,贸易紧张局势加剧,导致经济和收入不确定性;以及近几周的伊朗战争。 加拿大丰业银行表示,其对中东战争的预期是,紧张局势将在2026年年中左右缓和,油价将在今年第三季度之前保持高位,之后逐渐回落。丰业银行预计住房需求和价格将出现“温和”复苏。 然而,该行补充道,这只是一个工作假设,并非对伊朗和中东局势的预测,并指出冲突持续时间及其对油价的影响存在相当大的上行风险。 丰业银行表示,如果冲突持续时间更长,且油价高于该行预期,那么潜在购房者的收入不确定性将进一步抑制住房需求,从而推迟住房需求和价格的预期复苏。该行还补充道,如果中东局势造成足以推高利率和抵押贷款利率的通胀压力,导致政策利率收紧和/或投资者要求长期债务工具收益率更高,那么这些住房需求的不利因素将会加剧。 因此,鉴于贸易和地缘政治状况此后并没有真正发生变化,加拿大丰业银行继续预测,今年住房需求和价格不会出现“实质性”和持续的复苏。
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