This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Markets See Supply Surge, and An Official Describes The Market As A “Bubble”

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate  How The Canadian Government’s Supersized Budgets Inflate The Property Bubble Most people only think of the impact of government borrowing in the context of taxation — and they believe it’s not a huge deal. Governments can borrow a whack of money, […]

This Week’s Top Stories: IMF Warns Canadian Real Estate Prices Are Overvalued, and Over-leveraged Borrowers Now A Record Market Share

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s biggest stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Overvalued, Toronto Needs A 28% Correction For Fair Value: IMF Many Canadian real estate markets are massively overvalued, according to the IMF. Their model shows Toronto’s estimated value is 28.2% lower than current prices. Vancouver’s estimated fair value is […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canada’s Property Bubble Is Too Big For A Crash To Fix, and Banks Say It Threatens To Destabilize The Economy

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate Canadian Property Bubble Nears Systemic Failure, And Not Even A Big Crash Can Fix It It’s too late for a real estate price crash to make Canada’s largest markets affordable. That’s what Rob Carrick, one of the country’s top personal finance […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Banks Say Canadian Real Estate Prices Are In A Melt-Up, While The Industry Sees Market Fizzling By Year End

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories.  Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate In A “Melt Up,” And Little Chance Of Stopping It By Spring: BMO Canadian real estate prices are in a “melt up,” says one the country’s largest banks. This is when prices show unsustainable price growth, based solely on […]

This Week’s Top Stories: BoC Says Canada Needs Real Estate Growth, While New Zealand Says Put People First

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important stories.  Canadian Real Estate BOC Governor Says Canada Will Lean On Real Estate Because “We Need The Growth” Canada’s central bank didn’t just dismiss concerns about the hot real estate market, but welcomed them. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem dismissed the need for cooling […]