Canadians didn’t experience the Great Recession, not to the extent that the rest of the world did. Sure, we logged a few quarters of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declines, but there aren’t all that many heartbreaking stories of loss in Canada. This is often credited to the shrewd moves the Bank of Canada made. Rather […]
National Bank of Canada is the first of the Big Six to anticipate lower prices for Toronto and Vancouver real estate.
Canadian real estate prices are booming, but late mortgage payments are falling rapidly. It probably doesn’t mean what you think it does.
A top Chinese property executive thinks Canadian real estate prices will be impacted by stress testing buyers, more than foreign property taxes. She blames easy credit to absorb asset inflation, which it turns out the Bank of Canada has been saying for years.
The Chinese government just took control of a company that recently bought billions in Canadian real estate, and one of Asia’s top real estate execs says Vancouver is “overpriced.”
The Chinese government just seized control of Anbang, one of China’s largest real estate buyers, and now controls billions worth of Canadian real estate.
The CEO of China’s largest international real estate portal thinks Chinese demand for Vancouver real estate will drop because it’s “overpriced,” not because of taxes.
Canada’s federal banking regulators drop us a line to tell us that getting a mortgage for Canadian real estate, with foreign sourced income, is already a lot harder.
The Province of British Columbia unveiled its 2018 budget, including a 30 point plan to restoring housing affordability. Here’s the most important details that may impact Vancouver real estate prices.
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s most important real estate stories. Canadian Real Estate CIBC Kills Foreign Income Program, Makes Buying Canadian Real Estate Harder CIBC is discontinuing its Foreign Income Program, a program designed to help those with foreign income obtain an uninsured mortgage. The program is being replaced with new, more […]
