Buying in a Buyer’s Market
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Following the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Canadian real estate market accelerated into a seller’s market. With the Bank of Canada (BoC) slashing interest rates to near zero and the national economy being flooded with billions in fresh liquidity, fully employed households started purchasing residential properties across the country, from cities in British Columbia to small towns in Atlantic Canada. This was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime event in Canada’s housing sector.
As housing supply dwindled and demand spiked, prices responded with meteoric growth. Whether in major urban centres or rural communities, detached homes became the subject of intense bidding wars. At the peak of the pandemic-era housing boom, the…
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