Housing market · Canada
Canada New Housing Price Index YoY
The Canada New Housing Price Index YoY tracks the housing market of Canada: house prices, building permits and starts, home sales, builders' confidence or mortgage demand.
- Importance
- Medium
- Released
- Monthly
- Currency
- CAD · Canadian dollar
- Central bank
- The Bank of Canada
Latest figures
The latest release for APR, published on 21 May 2025, came in at -0.6%, down from 0.1% the time before.
Over the last 5 releases it ranged from -0.6% to 0.1%, averaging -0.0%.
| Released | For | Actual | Consensus | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2025 | APR | -0.6% | – | 0.1% |
| 23 Apr 2025 | MAR | 0.1% | – | 0.1% |
| 21 Mar 2025 | FEB | 0.1% | – | 0.1% |
| 20 Feb 2025 | JAN | 0.1% | – | 0.1% |
| 24 Jan 2025 | DEC | 0.1% | – | 0.2% |
Why it matters
Housing is the main channel through which interest rates reach the economy: higher mortgage rates cool sales and building first. Home prices drive household wealth and confidence, and in some countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK) housing figures weigh heavily on central-bank decisions.
How it is calculated
Prices come from repeat sales of the same homes (Case-Shiller), mortgage-lender data (Nationwide, Halifax) or official registries; permits and starts from local authorities; sales from estate-agent associations; mortgage applications from lenders' weekly surveys.
What changes mean
- Permits lead starts, which lead construction activity by months.
- Falling sales with stable prices is the usual first stage of a cooling market.
- Mortgage applications react within weeks to changes in mortgage rates.
Higher than expected: A stronger figure than expected points to a healthier economy: it usually supports the Canadian dollar and local stocks, and can push bond yields up.
Lower than expected: A weaker figure than expected points to slowing activity: the Canadian dollar tends to soften and markets price in lower rates.
A short history
Karl Case and Robert Shiller built their repeat-sales home price index in the 1980s; the 2006–2009 US housing collapse made housing data central to market analysis.
Questions
What is the Canada New Housing Price Index YoY?
The Canada New Housing Price Index YoY tracks the housing market of Canada: house prices, building permits and starts, home sales, builders' confidence or mortgage demand.
What was the latest Canada New Housing Price Index YoY?
-0.6% for APR, published on 21 May 2025.
Educational content only, not investment advice. Figures are the published results as recorded by our calendar; market reactions described are typical, not guaranteed.