Canada faces a housing crisis in 2025, yet real estate agents are struggling to sell or rent homes. Explore why affordability gaps, investor pullback, and shifting buyer psychology are stalling the market.
If sellers can’t sell, the price is too high. A healthy market lowers the price until things sell. What we have is a group of people who have a set price they want, but they can’t get it, so they refuse to sell. That is not a healthy market
What I’m surprised this article doesn’t mention, is the prices are too high otherwise they would be selling.
Just looking at the site for a hot second, they stand to benefit greatly from increasing housing prices, and I highly doubt home builders would want to do anything to bring prices down where their bottom line is affected.
Healthy markets clear
If sellers can’t sell, the price is too high. A healthy market lowers the price until things sell. What we have is a group of people who have a set price they want, but they can’t get it, so they refuse to sell. That is not a healthy market
What I’m surprised this article doesn’t mention, is the prices are too high otherwise they would be selling.
Just looking at the site for a hot second, they stand to benefit greatly from increasing housing prices, and I highly doubt home builders would want to do anything to bring prices down where their bottom line is affected.
Yeah, it’s really bizarre that they mention “affordability”…but then blame it on high interest rates instead of ridiculously high prices.