After the madness of COVID and the connected hot housing market, in which people bought almost everything in sight, something was going to happen. One of those things was inflation, giving rise to higher mortgage rates. Another was a dearth of properties to buy, most notably affordable single-family homes.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Meanwhile, builders added 801 rental units to the market “universe,” the biggest expansion in three decades and 40 per cent more than in 2021. Even that wasn’t enough to accommodate rising demand.CMHC points to employment, first of all, which was up considerably. The unemployment rate for youngsters dropped more than 20 per cent.
In these parts, commodity prices drive a strong economy and often lead to immigration gains. So it is, and so it always has been. Furthermore, renting is, perhaps obviously, less expensive. Homeowners have additional costs such as property taxes, building maintenance, and higher utility bills. They are, however, benchmarks and snapshots of conditions that help us track where we have been and point to where we are, or should be, going.