Sales of single-family detached homes obtaining prices of at the least$ 1-million have almost doubled in 2017 in the Greater Toronto Area, as economists raise the possibility of a real estate bubble. The GTA recorded 2,876 sale of detached properties of $ 1-million or more in January and February, 2017, compared with 1,548 in […]
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More houses are needed, may not be a tax on foreign property buyers
Housing prices in Toronto went through the roof long before governments started toying with a tax on foreign dwelling buyers. While attractive for politicians, whose first response to any problem is to tax it, this issue has been decades in the making, matching a chronic absence of housing supplying to ever-increasing demand, driving prices […]
RBC looks at how price growth happens
In toronto real estate, many an armchair analyst has speculated on the factors behind Toronto and Vancouver’s runaway home values. And now, a recent study by RBC Capital Markets brings more data to the table. According to its report, home prices increased at a compound rate of 5.6% annually from 1999 to 2015 in Toronto and 6.2% in Vancouver, outperforming the […]
