Tag: housing
The dirty secret of the housing crisis? Homeowners like high prices
If you listen to Canadian politicians, the solution to our housing crisis seems to be some combination of immigration reform and a herculean...
Home sales and prices edging up as housing market ‘could get...
The housing market could soon get "interesting," economists say, as home prices and sales start to edge up, according to a pair of new reports released...
What next for the mortgage rates and housing market roller coaster?...
First time buyers and home movers have been left confused by a mortgage rates rollercoaster in recent months.Earlier this year there was talk...
Bank of Canada worries a rate cut now could overheat the...
The Bank of Canada is trying to thread a needle. It's keeping rates higher for longer at least in part because it's worried...
First-time homebuyer incentive is discontinued, says federal housing agency
The first-time homebuyer incentive has been discontinued by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the federal agency announced on Thursday.The deadline for new...
HSBC one-day mortgage warning as banking giant deals ‘hammer blow’ to...
HSBC has announced it will increase mortgage rates across the board from tomorrow in "another hammer blow" to Britain's property market.The uprating follows...
Australians in the ‘worst housing crisis’ faced in ‘generations’
Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather says Australians are in the “worst housing crisis” faced in “generations”.Mr Chandler-Mather says Australia is experiencing “skyrocketing housing prices...
Bank of Canada says housing affordability is about boosting supply, not...
Canada's real estate market is notoriously unhinged. Home prices are up more than 35 per cent in just four years. Mortgage interest costs...
Government extends ban on foreign buying of Canadian housing
The federal government is extending its ban on foreign home purchasing in Canada, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in a release Sunday.The rule, which...
