Canadians are becoming increasingly concerned that, like our neighbours to the south, there may be a housing bubble in Canada.While the prospect of a bubble has been downplayed by the Bank of Canada, a number of economists have warned that Canada's hous- ing market is overvalued1, which ...
theCanadian housing market just kept moving up. Canada has one of the largest housing bubbles ever witnessed in North America. People may recall that in the U.S. we had mortgage lenders like toxic junk pusherNew
Canadian housing markets are in a category of their own. No housing market in the US – no matter how crazy Housing Bubble 1 was, which began to implode in 2006, or how crazy Housing Bubble 2 is or was – can hold a candle to the most splendid housing bubbles in Canada. Instead of ...
Toronto, Canada. Read more on the Toronto Housing Market, Toronto Condo Market, Toronto new construction reports and on the fears of a housing market crash in the GTA. Toronto is becoming a major tech hub, fueling a high demand for housing. The 5 year a
The housing insanity “softens.” ByWolf RichterforWOLF STREET. There are now all kinds of reports that the Canadian housing market – the#2 housing bubble in the world behind New Zealand’s– is “softening” or “decelerating.” Today, Statistics Canada added to that notion when i...
it can be argued that there was not an American real estate bubble – just one in Nevada, California and Florida. In Canada, it could be claimed that the bubble is only in Vancouver and the other major metropolitan centers. What we have seen is that when a large market hits turbulence,...
To cool a similar housing bubble in Vancouver, the government of British Columbia had passed a year ago similar legislation with a 15% nonresident foreign speculator tax. But worried about an outright implosion of the bubble, it has since been subsidizing with taxpayer money down-payments aimed ...
Where is Canada’s housing market really headed? Some people say “boom,” while others declare “bust.” One individual that has a firm grasp on what the future may hold for the new home industry and the country’s real estate market is Ben Myers, Senior VP, Market Research & Analytics...
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Dan Werner of Morningstar hasa reporton the likely consequences for Canadian banks ofa housing bubble burstingthere. He concludes that their financial health is substantially worse than conventional wisdom would have it. The loan-to-value ratio in the Canadian market is similar to what prevailed in...