If you’re looking to buy a home in Canada, it’s understandable if you’re a bit jittery about the housing market.

Die Immobilienpreise in Kanada deutlich gestiegen seit dem Jahr 2000, particularly in the largest cities: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, und Edmonton.

But are prices going to continue to rise? Abflachen? Oder fallen? And is Canada at risk for a housing market crash, similar to the nosedive in the U.S. Immobilienmarkt?

Canadian analysts are generally bullish on the housing market, but here are two different views of the current Canadian real estate market situation:

Canada’s Housing Bubble:Ein Unfall passieren, a report from the Kanadischen Centre for Policy Alternatives, argumentiert, dass Canada may be at risk for a significant downturn in the housing market. So schlimm wie der U.S. Absturz? Vielleicht nicht, but prices in Canada’s major cities could still fall.

Das C.D. Howe Institut takes the opposite point of view in their report, Low Risk of US-Style Housing Bust in Canada. Their analysis suggests that the factors leading up to the U.S. housing market bust are not present in Canada, so the market should remain more stable.

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