This Week’s Top Stories: The Government Used “Fake News” To Drive Borrowing, and Canadians Hit A Record Pace of Borrowing Against Their Homes

Time for your weekly cheat sheet on the most important real estate stories. Canadian Real Estate The Canadian Government Used “Fake News” To Drive Real Estate Borrowing… Seriously Turns out the Government of Canada has been sponsoring news on the down-low for years. Various departments have using News Canada to distribute stories, with no mention […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Nearly Half of Toronto Condo Investors Have Negative Cash Flow, and Canadian Prices Are Making Recession Like Moves

Time for your weekly cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Teranet: Canadian Real Estate Prices Stalled For The First Time Outside Of A Recession The Teranet-National Bank HPI made some unusual moves in March. The composite index was virtually flat, when compared to the month before. Additionally, only 4 out of […]

This Week’s Top Stories: A 200 Year Old Lesson On Artificial Scarcity, and Canadian Real Estate Is Now Easier To Buy In China Than Canada

We know you’ve been busy, so here’s your weekly cheat sheet on the most important real estate stories. You’re welcome. Canadian Real Estate The Canadian Mortgage Machine Fires Up Again, As Debt Levels Resume Growth Canadian mortgage debt resumed growth in February, despite taking a break the month before. Total household debt rose to $2.125 […]

This Week’s Top Stories: Canada Delayed The Great Recession, We Didn’t Skip It and The First Big Six Bank Forecasts Lower Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate Prices

We know you’re busy. So here’s a cheat sheet on the week’s most important real estate stories. You’re welcome. Canadian Real Estate Canada Didn’t Skip The Great Recession, We Delayed It. Here’s The Chart Recessions sound bad, but they serve a useful purpose. They’re a part of the natural business cycle, killing misallocations of both […]

This Week’s Top Stories: CIBC Kills Foreign Income Mortgage Program, and The CMHC Says Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate Is Showing “Excessive Exuberance”

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 […]