A recent story on CBC's The Current looked at
the effect high housing prices are having on Canadians.
Not exact matches
The tax, which takes
effect Tuesday, was introduced by the British Columbia government with the intent of improving home affordability in Metro Vancouver, where
house prices are among the
highest in North America.
The concerns about
high housing prices and overstretched borrowers seemingly had no
effect on Canada's five biggest banks: the Bank of Montreal (BMO), the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Toronto - Dominion Bank (TD)- Canada Trust.
An increase benefits the
housing market as a whole Just as
higher gas
prices can raise your home's value, a drop - off can have the opposite
effect.
After the stimulative
effect of low rates evaporates, all we'll be left with is slow economic growth and
high unemployment — hardly the kind of environment in which
house prices normally surge.
If in five years — disregarding
higher interest rates that may take
effect along the way and assuming
house prices do not change — the mortgage debt will be down to perhaps $ 150,000, they would have equity of $ 200,000.
Taking on debt to buy a
house was a wonderful strategy until overall debt levels to finance
housing got to
high, but at that time, the momentum
effect of rising
house prices was sucking people into buying
houses, because they thought it was easy money.
The unfortunate side
effect of all that global money filtered through CDO's into our
housing market was that
prices went bubble
high.
Redfin examined the
effect of
high quality photos on
house prices.
Those who argue the
effect of foreign buyers on California home
prices is overstated often cite the type of homes offshore investors are often interested in: newly constructed
houses and
higher -
priced houses at the top of the market.