Stability for Housing Markets in Kitchener-Guelph

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 14, 2012) - According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) Spring Housing Market Outlook report for the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (KCW) and Guelph Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAS), demand for resale homes will increase slightly in 2012 in both markets. In the new home market, starts will increase in KCW, but decline marginally in Guelph. Price growth will exceed the rate of inflation in 2012 in both CMAs.

"The resale home market will be relatively stable through 2012, with demand coming from repeat buyers, while apartment starts will boost new home construction in KCW", said Erica McLerie, CMHC Senior Market Analyst for the KCW and Guelph CMAs. "The most important determinants for ownership demand, mortgage rates and employment, are expected to remain almost unchanged in 2012, while population growth through in-migration will support housing demand."

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For more information, visit www.cmhc.ca or call 1-800-668-2642. CMHC Market Analysis standard reports are also available free for download at CMHC Housing Market Information.

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