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Canadian consumers are largely responsible for the upward spiral of home prices in the country\u2019s overheated markets, according to a top official of a major development company.<\/p>\n

In a contribution piece for HuffPost Business Canada, Ben Myers\u2014senior vice president of market research and analytics for Fortress Real Developments\u2014argued that Canadians \u201coften believe things are happening to them, not because of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[The] bigger reason the housing crisis is your fault: you love single-detached housing too much,\u201d Myers stated. \u201cAn April 2016 survey conducted by Mortgage Professionals Canada of domestic non-homeowners aged 18 to 39 showed that 59% of respondents want a single-detached home, while just 18 per cent desired a condominium.\u201d<\/p>\n

The present rate of supply replenishment just isn\u2019t equipped to keep up with these desires, the executive said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Single-detached] housing accounted for 48% of housing completions in Toronto in the 1990s, but just 28% since 2010 per CMHC. In Vancouver, those figures are lower at 35% and 24%, respectively,\u201d Myers explained. \u201cThe situation is getting worse, singles accounted for 25% of housing starts in Toronto and 19 per cent of starts in Vancouver over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if these shares were 60 per cent or higher, everyone still wouldn’t be able to live in their preferred neighbourhood, there simply is not enough land to give everyone a big backyard and a two car garage.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for those who are not aspiring towards owning a detached home, their political choices might still be to blame.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you voiced your displeasure with the greenbelt, restrictive municipal planning policies, NIMBYs? All of these factors result in high land costs and a lack of affordability,\u201d Myers wrote scathingly. \u201cMy industry can’t build you your dream house in the suburbs for a reasonable price if the price of land is skyrocketing due to building restriction and urban containment policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time for you to take some responsibility; you are partially at fault for high house prices in Toronto and Vancouver. Change your expectations, change your address, change your vote, or try to change other’s opinions,\u201d he concluded \u201cJust because you support a tax on foreign buyers, less immigration, further mortgage insurance rule changes, or other demand measures doesn’t mean you shouldn’t also support measures to increase housing supply of all types, even if you only love single-detached housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadians Are Actually to Blame for Housing Crisis – Developer Official<\/a> by Ephraim Vecina | Canadian Real Estate Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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