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Treasury holds the cards on paused investor property and cash window caps
When it will come to continuing suspensions of procedures that roiled the property finance loan market in 2021, the ball is now in the U.S. Treasury‘s court docket. The Federal Housing Finance Agency and Treasury agreed in September 2021 to stop boundaries imposed by the Trump administration on total quantity and the variety of mortgages lenders’ could offer to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The boundaries, established in January 2021 by then-FHFA Director Mark Calabria and Treasury Director Steven Mnuchin, had infuriated the property finance loan sector, and was one of the first products Sandra Thompson tackled following she grew to become acting director of the agency. But rather of…
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Canadian Luxury Real Estate Market Caps Historic Year with
2021 Highlights Significant deficit of conventional and luxury housing severely constrained sales and the housing mobility of Canadians. The Greater Toronto Area’s luxury performance transcended the Canadian market as $4 million-plus residential sales soared 224{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} year-over-year and $10 million-plus sales increased 238{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9}. City of Toronto sales over $4 million and $10 million surged 188{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} and 173{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} respectively. Vancouver posted annual gains of 171{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} in sales over $4 million, saw the highest annual percentage gains in single family home sales over $10 million of Canada’s largest cities at 240{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9}, and broke historic regional records for the highest single family residential sale on a single lot. Multiple records were shattered by Montreal…
