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by refurb 1784 days ago
Even more bonkers is the average house price in Canada (all of it) is over $700k now.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/photos/canada-real-estate-pri...

It’s half that in the US.

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I wonder if thats because most of the Canadian population is localized to their mega cities like Toronto, Vancuver etc while US has a much larger rural population.
Or could it perhaps relate to the Canadian government’s historical support of housing markets through the distortions of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which intervenes heavily in the mortgage wholesale market to provide liquidity whenever the economy stumbles…?