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Canadian Housing Prices: Some More Data to Ponder
Well, given the continuing pronouncements that Canada’s housing market is overvalued, I thought I would follow up my November post with another take on the data. Among the many suggestions received on that post was to extend the data back further and to look at price/rent ratios. This time, I decided to gather CMHC data […]
Canadian Housing Markets: Bubbles if Necessary but Not Necessarily a Bubble
The debate over whether or not Canada’s housing market is a bubble that is going to crash heated up again this month. Earlier this month, the Financial Times warned that the Canadian housing market was “perched precariously at its peak”. Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said this week that Canada’s housing market was not […]
What Does a Canadian Housing Bust Look Like?
Housing prices in Canada and the possibility of a burst housing bubble were back in the news during this past week. A report by Capital Economics said that housing prices in Canada could fall by as much as 25 percent over the next three years as a result of a loss in market fundamentals that […]
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