Canada’s real estate market is slumping, but experts say it won’t crash — here’s why

In Toronto, the number of home resales was down about 47 per cent in July compared to the previous year, while new listings fell by about four per cent.

A crash refers to a scenario where prices fall by about 30 per cent and housing demand completely erodes, said Carrie Freestone, an economist at RBC and the report co-author. That, paired with the federal government’s targets to bring in a record 1.3 million new permanent residents by 2024 — adding about 555,000 new households — will help drive housing demand and “contain a housing spiral.”

Toronto house prices are going nowhere but up in the long term.

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GFY

So, chronic housing crisis will continue indefinitely 'cause we insist on having the most aggressive immig. rate in the west our broken housing &health systems can't absorb. Result: degraded quality of life for millions, incl. newcomers, as basic human needs are denied people.

They also said prices would never fall.

I thought RBC said Ontario is in for the biggest market correction in decades. Can't believe anything you read anymore.

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