Housing Unaffordability in Canada Calls for Flexibility
So, how do we remedy the fact communities across Canada are becoming increasingly unaffordable places in which to live? Housing unaffordability is not the result of some mysterious, unmanageable force. Nor is it a phenomenon unique to the pandemic. A chief factor is how municipalities, urban planners and developers have chosen, for decades, to parcel […]
Are we headed for a housing crash? Unlikely. Boats and RVs, however…
The housing market across Canada has been on a 16-month tear that could be considered overly exuberant, but has this left it on a crash course? I don’t think so, judging by the 2021 half-time housing data. Let’s start with my hometown of Ottawa. The Ottawa Real Estate Board reported earlier this past month 2,131 residential properties […]