加拿大住房市场在9月出现下降，因为借贷成本激增，加剧了更广泛的经济不确定性，抑制了购房者的意愿。
The Canadian housing market dipped in September as a surge in borrowing costs added to the broader economic uncertainty holding back buyers.
根据加拿大房地产协会周五发布的数据，全国范围内成交的房屋数量在9月较上月下降了2.3%。同期，基准房价小幅下跌0.4%，降至652,800加元（约459,900美元）。
The number of homes that traded hands across the country fell 2.3% in September from the previous month, according to data Friday from the Canadian Real Estate Association. The benchmark price of a home edged down 0.4% to C$652,800 ($459,900) in the same period, the data show.
加拿大住房市场的加速下滑发生在借贷成本上升叠加该国与美国持续贸易战的影响之际。全球信贷条件正在收紧，因为受政府债务负担担忧的影响，债券投资者要求更高的利率。由于许多加拿大的抵押贷款利率是以政府债券为基准定价的，这也导致了潜在购房者的借贷成本上升。
The accelerating decline in Canada’s housing market came as rising borrowing costs compounded the fallout from the country’s ongoing trade war with the US. Credit conditions have been tightening around the world as bond investors spooked by government debt loads demand higher rates. Because many mortgage rates in Canada are priced off the government’s bonds, that’s meant higher borrowing costs for prospective home buyers too.
伊朗战争导致的燃油价格上涨也加剧了通胀压力，增加了加拿大央行将加息的可能性。与此同时，美国和加拿大相互对彼此的商品加征了新的关税。
Higher fuel prices from the war in Iran have also added pressure to inflation, increasing the odds the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates. At the same time, the US and Canada have slapped new tariffs on each other’s goods.
“加拿大许多住房市场在9月出现了回落，”加拿大房地产协会首席经济学家肖恩·卡斯卡特在新闻稿中表示。“这几乎不足为奇，考虑到固定抵押贷款利率的最新上涨，以及加拿大央行如今被广泛预期将在今年年底前跟进加息。”数据还显示，9月挂牌出售的房产数量较上月下降了1.8%。基准房价如今较去年同期下降了3.5%。
“Many of Canada’s housing markets took a step back in September,” Shaun Cathcart, the real estate board’s senior economist, said in a news release. “This was hardly surprising given the latest jump in fixed mortgage rates, and with the Bank of Canada now widely expected to follow with a rate hike before the end of the year.”The number of properties put up for sale also fell in September from the previous month, with a 1.8% drop, the data show. Benchmark prices are now down 3.5% from the same time last year.