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Investors account for 30 per cent of home buying in Canada (www.theglobeandmail.com)
submitted 11 months ago by sbv to c/[email protected]
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According to a Bank of Canada report:

Investors were responsible for 30 per cent of home purchases in the first three months of the year, according to data released by the Bank of Canada. That is up from 28 per cent in the first quarter of last year, and 22 per cent in the same period in 2020. The central bank defines an investor as a buyer who took out a mortgage to buy the property while maintaining a mortgage on another home.

The effect of investor buying is:

“During housing booms, greater demand from investors can add to bidding pressures and intensify price increases,” said the note. “Similarly, when prices are stable or declining, a lower influx of investors can add downward pressure on housing demand and prices.”

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does it matter? Housing should be a right, not an investment. The reliance on housing as a savings mechanism has driven up the cost of housing in Canada. No one (wealthy) wants housing values to drop, as it would destroy their retirement resources.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Housing should be a right

Housing is a right, defined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which Canada is a signatory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Not from the perspective of someone trying to find a place to live but it does matter from a policymaker's perspective. The way it is framed in the BoC report makes it sound like it's mostly individual investors (people with an existing mortgage).