Condo hellFrom 2014: Thanks to neighbour disputes, crazy restrictions and incompetent boards, condo dwellers are increasingly finding themselves boxed in
When the housing bubble bursts, there won’t be a soft landingAlthough Canadians witnessed the carnage of America’s housing crash, many want to believe our housing sector will follow a gentler path
Odds are on a soft landing for the Canadian housing marketDon’t expect a U.S.-style crash. When you dig into the numbers, our housing market doesn’t look all that bad.
Why it’s too soon to cheer that households are borrowing lessOnce you’re talking about a $1.7-trillion mountain of household debt, even a small rate of increase is going to be jaw-dropping
A chart to put the Canadian housing bubble in perspectiveWhen you’re in an unprecedented interest-rate environment, funny things tend to happen
New family wealth data aren’t worthy of tears or cheersWe shouldn’t expect perfect equality in wealth, and real estate gains are not a sustainable source of middle class prosperity
The verdict is in: Stocks beat real estate as an investmentFewer Canadians are in the stock market, even though that’s the best place to generate big returns
Housing bubble, take 2As homes in hard-hit cities languish in foreclosure, U.S. housing prices are reaching dangerous new heights