Is Immigration To Blame For Canada’s Housing Crisis?
Canada’s population has reached a significant milestone, hitting 40 million on Friday, with immigration accounting for nearly all of last
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Housing Market
Adam Neumann Finally Explains Flow (And It Just Sounds Like A Modified Airbnb)
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann wanted to “solve” the shelter problem and disrupt the “world’s largest asset class,” stemming from his
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Housing Market Chill: Speculators That Piled Into Pre-Construction Contracts Face Steep Losses
Canada’s de-facto futures housing market is backfiring for investors looking to make a profit on the country’s skyrocketing real estate
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BoC: Homebuyers On Variable-Rate Mortgage To Face “Painful” Squeeze As Rate Hikes Continue
Carolyn Rogers, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, warned that rising interest rates may pose a “painful” squeeze
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Oh Deer! Housing in the Headlights
It’s handy to imagine the housing market as a living organism. Various active systems perform their own, specific functions while
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“Steer Clear Of The Loonie”: David Rosenberg Projects Canadian Economy “Headed For Trouble”
The cooldown from the overheating housing market could negatively impact the Canadian economy, believed to be headed for a more
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Is Canada’s Economy Headed for a Recession? Canadian Housing Starts Cool in March
The pace of housing starts across Canada slowed down last month, in what is perhaps a preliminary indicator that the
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Rapid Pace of Rent Increases in the U.S. Seems to Argue for Aggressive Action by the Fed
The stock market is facing two main obstacles: 1) the global economic impact of the potential Russia-Ukraine conflict, particularly regarding
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US Home Construction Suffers Significant Decline in April
Not only are there significantly fewer houses being sold in the US during the financial ruin of the coronavirus pandemic,
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Pending US Home Sales Plummet to 2011 Levels
New home sales have taken a dive to historic lows in March, as lockdown measures and stay-at-home orders have been
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