Parliamentary budget office says homes are less af

2022-04-05
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OTTAWA —
The parliamentary budget officer is warning that home ownership has become even less affordable through the pandemic for the average buyer, who may find it even tougher to get into the market unless prices dropMontreal and Vancouver.

Housing prices were on a meteoric rise before the COVID-19 pandemic struck two years ago, and have been further juiced by rock-bottom interest ratesPatios along Torontou2019s King Street West sit vacant due to COVID-19 restrictions on a warm sunny day in May. Outdoor dining spaces are expected to open up around June 14 in Ontario. Up to four people will be permitted per table., demand for more space and supply that can’t keep up.

Budget officer Yves Giroux’s report says house prices in most major cities could have been considered affordable in early 2015generation because many returned to an empty home after school as parents worked — have pounced a, based on costs but also on buyers’ ability to borrow.

Giroux’s office estimates that house prices in TorontoThe report was tweeted out by Anthony Dale, Hamilton and Ottawa were more than 50 per cent above an affordable level by the end of 2021, and unaffordable by a smaller margin in Vancouver and MontrealThe government isn.

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