I’m surprised we’ve seen basically nothing from provincial or federal governments to improve housing/rental affordability. With riding interest rates, I was expecting at least a slump, but that hasn’t happened. Instead, we’ve seen amortizations grow rapidly.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has recommended

Removing the ability to extend amortization periods could exert downward pressure on some house prices, as it reduces the options available to help some borrowers meet their financial obligation

But (AFAIU) Parliament has ignored the recommendation. It’s a really shitty situation, that I don’t see a way out of.

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    1 year ago

    Saw a house go up, one open house with cars down the street, sold in a week over asking. The cheapest possible house in our town is over 500k, it’s really crazy.