6/29/2009

The housing market: the oversold story of the Canadian recession


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Here is what is hopefully one of the last of a once-robust breed - The Apocalyptic Canadian Housing Market Story:

Judging by the latest real estate data, the Canadian housing market could scarcely be better. Average home prices are up more than 16 per cent this year, and in May they hit an all-time monthly high, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. By those numbers, Canada didn’t just sidestep the housing market crash that continues to plague the United States, it sailed right through it virtually unscathed. And yet, there are plenty of signs that the Canadian housing market is still sitting on some very shaky ground—and even the potential that Canada’s big housing crash is yet to come.

The housing market: the oversold story of the Canadian recession


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