Not exact matches
I believe that Canada's high house prices in relation to incomes, combined with record
household debt levels and overinvestment in residential
construction, will cause a severe correction in the real estate
market.
«The story in these
markets is the apartment story writ large: the high levels of apartment
construction are not enough to house the 1.2 million or so new
households formed each year without increased single - family
construction,» says John Affleck, research strategist with the CoStar Group.
Nominal house prices have regained previous peaks,
construction volumes are nearing their long - term averages, and
household growth is becoming more balanced between the owner and renter
markets.
The particulars vary, but the main idea was to tie the
construction of housing for working - class
households to
market - rate projects.
A growing economy, rising
household formations, low mortgage rates and pent - up demand will help single - family housing production to rev up in 2015 while a growth in renters will keep the multifamily
market at cruising altitude or higher, according to economists who participated in a recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 2014 Fall
Construction Forecast Webinar.