It Takes 25 Years To Save For A Down Payment On A Toronto House

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If you're looking to save for a down payment in Toronto, better start pinching your pennies now (and for the next 25 years). housing realestate realestatenews Toronto finance

in Toronto improved at the start of 2023. However, it still takes roughly 25 years to save for a down payment in the city., the mortgage payment as a percentage of income in the Greater Toronto Area dropped 4.6 percentage points to 82.8% in Q1 2023. Despite the improvement, the measurement remained “well-above” the region’s historical average of 51.4%, and was still up 7.5 percentage points on an annual basis.

The non-condo segment, which includes single-detached and semi-detached homes, saw the greatest improvement in affordability in Q1 2023, with the MPPI dropping five percentage points to 84.7%. Within the condo segment, the measurement declined 2.1 percentage points to 50.6%. Based on National Bank’s assumption that a household devotes 32% of its pre-tax earnings to mortgage payments, an annual income of $236,221 is required to afford such a home. According toThose who do earn the qualifying salary would need to save 10% of their income for 304 months, or 25.3 years, to afford the down payment.

 

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