-- 蒙特婁銀行(BMO)表示,加拿大房地產市場尚未走出冬季休眠期,全國的銷售依然低迷,房價持續走低。 該行在周四加拿大房地產協會(CREA)公佈數據後指出,儘管各地區的市場狀況差異顯著,但總體而言,全國房地產市場的成長勢頭尚未回升。 BMO表示將繼續等待春季市場出現更清晰的跡象,但仍預計今年大部分時間市場活動將保持疲軟。 經季節性調整後,3月成屋銷售量較上月下降0.1%,與上月基本持平,年減2.3%。目前的銷售活動水準仍然非常低,比10年平均低約17%,3月的銷售量是自2009年經濟衰退以來同期最低的。 當月新掛牌房源數量也下降了0.2%,年減4.9%。 該銀行指出,這使得銷售與新掛牌房源的比例基本保持不變,為47.8%,反映出全國整體市場仍然平衡。未來幾個月將是對市場平衡的良好考驗,一些被壓抑的需求將與自秋季以來一直未售出的待售房源相匹配。 這兩者之間的互動將決定市場能否在今年餘下的時間內趨於緊縮。 BMO補充道,毋庸置疑,當市場處於低點時,下一個方向最終會是上漲。 全國基準房價3月再次下滑,較去年同期下跌4.7%。短期動能也未見明顯改善,三個月的年化跌幅為7%。 該銀行表示,在最初的深度調整之後,房價目前正在緩慢“回落”,直至恢復到可負擔水平。
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