-- モントリオール銀行(BMO)は、カナダの住宅市場は冬の停滞期からまだ抜け出せておらず、全国的に販売件数は低迷し、価格も下落傾向にあると指摘した。 木曜日に発表されたカナダ不動産協会(CREA)のデータを受け、BMOは、市場状況は地域によって大きく異なるものの、全国的な住宅市場の勢いはまだ回復していないと述べた。 BMOは、より明確な見通しを得るために春のシーズンを待つとしつつも、今年の大半は低調な市場活動が続くと予想している。 3月の既存住宅販売件数は、季節調整済みで前月比0.1%減とほぼ横ばい、前年同月比では2.3%減となった。販売活動水準は依然として非常に低く、過去10年の平均を約17%下回っており、3月の販売件数は2009年の景気後退以来、同月としては最も低い水準となった。 新規物件登録件数も同月は0.2%減、前年同月比では4.9%減となった。 同行は、これにより売買成立件数と新規物件登録件数の比率は47.8%とほぼ横ばいとなり、依然として全国的な均衡状態が続いていることを反映していると指摘した。今後数ヶ月は、秋以降売れ残っていた物件と、それまで蓄積されていた需要がぶつかり合うことで、市場の均衡が試される時期となるだろう。 この二つの要素がどのように相互作用するかによって、市場が年内を通して引き締まるかどうかが決まる。BMOは、「底値圏にある時は、いずれは上昇に向かうものだ」と付け加えた。 全国ベンチマーク価格は3月に再び下落し、前年同月比4.7%安となった。短期的な勢いもあまり改善しておらず、3ヶ月間の年率換算下落率は7%となっている。 同行によると、最初の大幅な調整の後、価格は購入可能水準が回復するまで、ゆっくりと「下落」していく過程にあるという。
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