Plummeting sale rates at Canadian auctions point to ‘tough 6 months ahead’
At Canadian auto auctions, October ended with a thud. A sale at an auction was very much an exception last month, according to Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights reports, as the average monitored auction sale rate plummeted below 30% in each of the month's last three full weeks — including a miniscule 22.1% conversion […]
November 10, 2026
There was “minimal change” in pricing activity for the Canadian wholesale vehicle market last week, as the market continued to show moderate movement, according to Canadian Black Book. The company’s Market Insights report for the first week of November showed the overall wholesale market depreciating 0.36%, compared to a 0.32% decline the prior week. The […]
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November 05, 2026
Typically, the early innings of the fourth quarter show modest sequential increases in used-vehicle value depreciation in Canada. And in the latest wholesale car market data, “we’re noticing exactly that,” says Daniel Ross, director of strategic market insights at Canadian Black. On Wednesday, CBB released its latest monthly Used Vehicle Retention Index, which came in […]
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November 03, 2026
EBlock has launched LiveLanes in Quebec, meaning all vehicles sold in the physical lanes at the EBlock Montreal auction location will also be available through a unified digital marketplace. EBlock Montreal had been selling inventory separately through a third-party simulcast system. That system is being replaced by LiveLanes, starting Tuesday. Vehicles at EBlock Montreal will […]
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