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Houses on a street in Toronto. There is a shortage of housing in Canada. This has contributed to soaring prices, multiple offers and disheartened consumers in real estate markets from Maple Ridge to Moncton, writes Michael Bourque. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY MICHAEL BOURQUE

April 12, 2021

There is a shortage of housing in Canada. This has contributed to soaring prices, multiple offers and disheartened consumers in real estate markets from Maple Ridge to Moncton. Our most recent forecast, which we believe is conservative, predicts an average price increase of 9.1 per cent for 2021, ba...

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