Canada's red-hot housing market to lose steam in 2022, but affordability will only worsen

Extra froth in the market, driven by investors fuelling perceptions that prices will keep rising, has prompted the“Affordability is unlikely to improve next year as prices should march higher, even as interest rates creep upwards as well,” said Rishi Sondhi, economist at TD Economics, who expects house price inflation to slow considerably next year.

Average house prices in Canada are expected to rise 18.6 per cent this year, up from a 16.0 per cent rise predicted in an August poll.

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