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Housing Market Canada

Guru Who Made Bank Off U.S. Housing Crash Sets Sights On Canada

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada Business

A hedge fund manager who became widely-known for predicting and making money off the bursting of the U.S. housing bubble is warning that Canada’s re...

Where House Prices Are Booming .. And Falling

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.11.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says its new housing price index rose 0.2 per cent in February, following a 0.1 per cent increase in January.The agency say...

Toronto Doesn't Have Just One Housing Market

Brennan Aguanno and Anna Kemp | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada Business
Brennan Aguanno and Anna Kemp

We constantly hear headlines proclaiming the 'Toronto Housing Market' is this or that, but in fact, each neighbourhood within the city has its own housing market, as unique as its culture. Understanding the many factors that shape housing prices in each of these markets, as well as knowing where prices are trending, is an important part of a successful home purchase.

It’s Official: Housing Is In A Recession

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada Business

The rule of thumb among economists is that a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. If that standard applied...

Mortgage Brokers Accuse Flaherty Of Killing 190,000 Jobs

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 03.19.2013 | Canada Business

The association that represents Canada’s mortgage brokers is expecting a major drop in real estate-related jobs, and it’s placing the blame square...

Sunny Freeman

If This Is A Housing Bust, Why Are Prices So Damn High?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sunny Freeman | Posted 03.15.2013 | Canada Business

Home sales fell a whopping 15.8 per cent year-over-year in February, according to the latest numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)....

Boom May Be Over, But House Prices Still Rising

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says its price index for new homes rose 0.1 per cent in January, following a 0.2 per cent increase in December.The agency s...

The Condo Boom Is Back (This Month, Anyway)

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - A big month-to-month jump in multi-unit housing construction is being credited with a higher rate of Canadian housing starts in February.Cana...

Sunny Freeman

Why Canada's Economy Could Linger In Limbo For A Long Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Sunny Freeman | Posted 02.28.2013 | Canada Business

Help wanted: The Canadian economy seeks a new driver of economic growth. The position must be filled immediately to replace sectors – housing, co...

Is Canada's Mortgage Insurer Trying To Hide Data On Foreclosures?

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 02.28.2013 | Canada Business

Canada’s government-run mortgage insurer is playing down suspicions it’s trying to keep information from the public about foreclosed homes it’s ...

Toronto Housing Bounces Back! (Well, Maybe)

CP | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO — Toronto-area real estate agents have had a stronger start to the new year than last January but activity was slower than in the first half...

Why House Prices Won't Save You From Retirement Disaster

CBC | Posted 03.09.2013 | Canada Business

Investors hear it all the time: real estate is a sure thing. Or, at least, it's as close to a sure thing as can be expected; safer than going for a wh...

Another Schizophrenic Month In The Country's Largest Housing Market

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 01.04.2013 | Canada Business

It was another confusing month in Toronto’s booming — or is it crashing? — housing market, with home sales dropping a precipitous 19.5 per cent ...

Illicit Chinese Cash Flooding Canada’s Real Estate Market: Report

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 01.02.2013 | Canada Business

Chinese nationals are bringing illicit cash into the country by the briefcase, and at least some of it is ending up in Canada’s real estate market, ...

Exploding Debt, Chinese Invasions .. And Mark Carney

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada Business

It's been a year of ups and downs for Canadian business. On the downside, the economy grew sluggishly, the long-running housing boom turned to bus...

BoC Explains How Housing Slump Could Take Down Entire Economy

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.06.2012 | Canada Business

Don’t hit the panic button yet, but the Bank of Canada just outlined how a housing market slowdown could drag down the entire economy with it. ...

Housing Slowdown Goes Nationwide: CMHC

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.08.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - The pace of home building slowed in October to a softer reading than economists expected in a report by the federal mortgage insurer, providi...

‘No Mortgage Pre-Approval Was Needed’: Is Canada’s Condo Market Going Nuts?

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 11.06.2012 | Canada Business

A report from an equity research firm into the Toronto condo market raises serious questions about the possibility of irresponsible mortgage lending, ...

Our Housing Crash Won’t Be Like America’s: CIBC

CP | Posted 12.30.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - The news out of Canada's real estate market isn't good, but the country will avoid a U.S.-style real estate meltdown, CIBC said Tuesday. ...

Toronto High-Rise Construction Doubles New York City

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 10.24.2012 | Canada Business

Toronto’s condo construction boom has made the city “North America’s new high-rise metropolis,” says a study from a real estate research group...

Should We Stop Encouraging Home Ownership?

CBC | Posted 11.24.2012 | Canada Business

Home ownership is often connected to the notion of living the "American dream." But it is as much a part of Canadian identity as it is in the U.S. ...

Rachel Mendleson

Canada's Housing Bubble To Burst In A Big Way?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 08.24.2012 | Canada Business

As debate about the stability of the Canadian housing market continues to swirl, a new report has come down firmly on the side of the bubble believers...

Prices Soften, But Condo Construction Speeds Up

CP | Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.08.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - The pace of housing starts unexpectedly surged in April, mainly due to an increase in construction on urban apartments and condos, areas of ...

Vancouver Falls; Could Toronto's Bubble Be Next?

CBC | Posted 07.04.2012 | Canada Business

Prices continue to rise in Canada's two largest real estate markets, but a closer look at the numbers shows two housing markets headed in...

Be Very Afraid Of The Canadian Housing Bubble..

CBC | Don Pittis | Posted 04.16.2012 | Canada Business

I want you to be afraid. Very afraid of the Canadian housing market. I want people who are considering buying a house in Canada to be the most frig...