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Making sense of the markets this week: April 5, 2021
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Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.Serious concerns over the Canadian housing bubble
BMO has sounded the alarm with strong warnings about what many are calling a housing bubble in Canada. In fact, it’s on fire. From a Yahoo! Finance post…
“One of Canada’s biggest banks is calling on policymakers to act immediately as a ‘fire department’ for blazing housing markets.
“Bank of Montreal (BMO) senior economists laid out a series of recommendations in a new report titled Canadian Housing Fire needs a response and rated how effective a number of those measures would be.”
Some areas across the country are experiencing year-over-year price gains in the area of 30% to 35%. There is a low inventory and a shift in demand thanks to the pandemic. Low borrowing costs are adding fuel to the fire.
BMO said the most acute problem is market psychology, even as supply-side issues persist. “The action needed today is one that immediately breaks market psychology and the belief that prices will only rise further…
