Another reason of housing bubble is mortgage debt! When interest rates were historically low during the Covid-19 period, people easily qualified for mortgages. And, many buyers were in the real estate market and bought homes. When everyone wanted to buy, house prices went up. Do you remember house prices from the end of 2021 to May 2022? People say that house prices can never rise to that point. Do you think the value of the house has gone up since you and your partner bought a house to live in? If you think so, you are wrong. As speculators saw the potential to make money in that hot real estate market, they bought many houses not to live in but to sell them later to make money. For example, you may have seen some houses in your neighborhood sell multiple times in a short period of time. Have you even heard of real estate agents involved in fixing home prices through artificial bidding at that time? Did you hear about some real estate client suing real estate agents for bidding wars? I have heard and read about them all. Were all those things there when the real estate market was hot?

Now let’s come back to today's topic! Another cause of the housing bubble or housing crisis is mortgage debt! When interest rates are low, people pay historically high prices to buy homes. Then, the government should control it and to control inflation in general and house prices in particular, the government raised interest rates. Then, what happens? Businesses slowed or stopped, people lost jobs and people found it difficult to buy food for their family members. And people found it difficult to pay their mortgages. Analysis by the Royal Bank of Canada shows that Canadian housing is less affordable/affordable than it has ever been. By 2023 Canada's non-financial debt will exceed 300% of GDP and domestic debt will exceed 100% of GDP, both higher than levels seen in the United States before the 2008 global financial crisis. And the mortgage loan increased! According to a report by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canadian mortgage loans totaled $2.16 trillion – up 3.4 per cent from the same period last year. High interest rates and uncertainty over the central bank's plans to cut key interest rates led to lower home sales and softer prices in many areas. This is the current situation. RSM Canada economist Tu Nguyen says it's not surprising that housing market activity has slowed. Imagine when more people can't pay their mortgages and the banks take over their property. Imagine when more people can't pay their mortgages and the banks take over their property. Then, there will be no house sales and there will be no new projects. This means the housing bubble may burst soon and the housing market will crash if Canadian government will stop protecting the housing market in future! (My next post will be on another reason of housing bubble!)