Showing posts with label Toronto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

A soaring apartment market in Toronto ignites fears of a crash

An interesting recent article in the NY Times about apartments in Toronto: A Dizzying Condo Market in Toronto.  How similar is this to Brisbane?  An extract:

"Median condo prices have risen 25 percent since 2009. Two-bedroom condos of about 850 to 900 square feet in Liberty Village sell for about $500,000.  For Toronto, this is crazy.

“There is no question that the housing market in Canada is overshooting,” said Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist of CIBC World Markets. “Now the cocktail party conversation in Canada is: ‘Will this lead to a U.S. style crash?"