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Housing Bubble Canada

Construction Jobs Soar, Housing Starts Soar -- Is The Bubble Back?

The Huffington Post Canada | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.10.2013 | Canada Business

A large and unexpected jump in the number of housing starts across Canada in May has some worried about overbuilding in the housing market. Housing...

Housing Severely Overvalued: OECD

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada Business

Canada has the third-most overvalued housing market in the developed world, the OECD says in a new report, and the latest market data released this we...

Here's How Much House Prices Are Set To Fall

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 05.30.2013 | Canada Business

The U.S. housing market is bouncing back strongly after years of stagnation, but the problems in Canada’s housing market have only just begun, accor...

Thanks To Me, There's No Housing Bubble In Canada!

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.23.2013 | Canada Business

Canada doesn’t have a housing bubble — but it would have, had it not been for the government’s mortgage rule changes, Finance Minister Jim Flahe...

This Is A Healthy Housing Bust..

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is dismissing fears about Canada's housing market, saying the current slowdown is welcome news and that there i...

The Economist's Shocking Numbers About Canada's Housing Market

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 01.11.2013 | Canada Business

House price overvaluation “is especially marked in Canada,” says a new report on the state of the world’s housing market from The Economist. ...

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 ...

Vancouver Home Sales Cool Off More

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - November home sales in the Vancouver area fell 28.6 per cent compared with a year ago as what was once the country's hottest real estate m...

Housing Bust Could Be Good For Economy: CIBC

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.29.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - One of the country's big banking groups has issued a report saying that a cooling in Canadian house prices may not be all bad news.The CIBC ...

Daniel Tencer

Tories' Mortgage Rules Threaten Economy: Industry Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 11.19.2012 | Canada Business

Ever since Canada’s housing market began swooning earlier this year, mortgage brokers, bankers and real estate agents have been busy telling us that...

As Housing Bubble Turns To Bust, Prepare For Unemployment Spike

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.26.2012 | Canada Business

A slowdown is coming to Canada’s construction industry, thanks to the cooling housing market, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada,...

Bubble Bursting Nationwide: Report

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.24.2012 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Canada's housing market appears to be cooling across the board in the face of tighter mortgage rules that affect many first-time buyers of mo...

Catastrophe Or Boom Times? Depends On Whom You Ask

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.06.2012 | Canada Business

Whether Canada’s real estate market is among the strongest and most resilient in the world, or whether it is on the precipice of a major correction,...

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...

Canada's Housing Market To Stay Down For A Decade: Scotia

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 08.13.2012 | Canada Business

Canada’s house prices are expected to drop and stay down for a decade, says a new report from Scotiabank that also warns of an “adverse shock” t...

House Price Collapse Coming: Study

CP | Melinda Maldonado, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.24.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - If the Canadian real estate market continues to cool, house prices could see substantial declines next year and could fall by as much as 25 ...

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...

Overvalued Housing A 'Clear And Present Danger': TD Bank

CBC | Posted 05.16.2012 | Canada Business

Overvalued housing markets in several Canadian cities and high household debt poses a "clear and present danger" to Canada’s economy, T...

Calgary Construction Worker Homeless No More -- Thanks To Contest

CBC | Posted 02.19.2012 | Canada Business

For months, construction worker Dan White would put in a long day at his full-time job, only to have no place to go home to. ...

Rachel Mendleson

How Canada's Income Disparity Is Raising Home Prices For Rich, Poor Alike

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 08.07.2012 | Canada Business

This is the first installment of The Huffington Post Canada's new series Mind The Gap, exploring the growing rich-poor divide in the Great White North...