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Toronto is more subprime than Vancouver https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/859874707318767617 Vancouver has strong fundamentals!
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Femtosecond posted:Toronto is more subprime than Vancouver Who could have seen this coming? Who could foresee that sub prime mortgages would have disastrous effects?
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# ? May 4, 2017 17:14 |
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Someone summed this up nicely in a tweet that I've lost, but the troubles at Home Capital will result in a tightening of lending in Ontario, as the rest of the secondary lenders have become more cautious and have increased rates, and mortgage brokers aren't sending any clients to Home Capital any more.quote:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-04/brokers-loosen-ties-with-home-capital-as-it-fights-for-its-life
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# ? May 4, 2017 17:26 |
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Guess Canada will become dependent on Chinese church congregation private mortgage providers.
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# ? May 4, 2017 17:46 |
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I can't wait to see Korean evangelicals fighting Filipino catholic congregations in the streets over mortgage market customers
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# ? May 4, 2017 17:53 |
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"Excuse me, sir, but have you heard the good news?" "I'm already Christian, thanks." "No, not that! Interest rates as low as 2.25% fixed!"
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# ? May 4, 2017 18:01 |
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mojo1701a posted:"Excuse me, sir, but have you heard the good news?" lol
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# ? May 4, 2017 19:55 |
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Did we ever find out what that shady investment opportunity ad from the Metro paper a few weeks back was?
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# ? May 4, 2017 20:11 |
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Femtosecond posted:Did we ever find out what that shady investment opportunity ad from the Metro paper a few weeks back was? Probably BCLP.
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# ? May 4, 2017 20:19 |
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Femtosecond posted:Did we ever find out what that shady investment opportunity ad from the Metro paper a few weeks back was? Pretty sure I saw a followup one with a bit more hinty detail that made it smell a bit like binary options trading. Still just had a phone number and no website/company name so didn't bother digging deeper. Always a sign of a healthy economy when a thing that's at worst a pure scam and at best gambling against the house with extremely lovely odds is taking out multiple front page ads on the biggest daily.
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# ? May 5, 2017 01:36 |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/real-estate-langley-to-chilliwack-still-unaffordable-1.4098428quote:'This is an ugly market': A look at Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack real estate merritt is the new chiliwack moosejaw is the new merritt
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# ? May 5, 2017 03:06 |
Everything is ridiculous.
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# ? May 5, 2017 03:24 |
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Councillor De Genova told me I should move further away so I can afford a house lmao also that I'm out of touch with millennials earning over 100k who are struggling to put together a down payment
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# ? May 5, 2017 04:07 |
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I'm not sure if this is significant or not, but the entirety of Bear Mountain is for sale by Ecoasis. They're putting a cute spin on it, but my gut says (hopes, really) they're hosed.
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# ? May 5, 2017 04:19 |
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Man Merritt was my choice for retirement away from realtors. Now I'm gonna have to live in the woods with a high-powered rifle.
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# ? May 5, 2017 04:51 |
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lol Vancouver appears to be accelerating in to a housing singularity.
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# ? May 5, 2017 05:00 |
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If you're willing to gamble that the bridge to the Sunshine coast will be built sooner than later, and you are actually able to wait for the bridge to get built, buying something in Gibsons seems better than Chilliwack. Sunshine Coast property is a bit cheaper than Chilliwack and with the Langdale Bridge Link option the travel time from Gibsons to Vancouver would be close to if not less than Chilliwack to Vancouver. The cost estimate for the bridge link is only $2-2.5 billion. lol ok dude. That seems impossible to me.
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# ? May 5, 2017 05:17 |
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Femtosecond posted:If you're willing to gamble that the bridge to the Sunshine coast will be built sooner than later, and you are actually able to wait for the bridge to get built, buying something in Gibsons seems better than Chilliwack. Sunshine Coast property is a bit cheaper than Chilliwack and with the Langdale Bridge Link option the travel time from Gibsons to Vancouver would be close to if not less than Chilliwack to Vancouver. Although I guess the same was said a century ago about the Lion's Gate. Although the Guinness family built it and not the government.
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# ? May 5, 2017 05:29 |
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cowofwar posted:What is the economic justification for a bridge to a bunch of nothing? well, chinese money is flowing into real estate and
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# ? May 5, 2017 05:31 |
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cowofwar posted:What is the economic justification for a bridge to a bunch of nothing? The economic justification is to open up new land for real estate developers and make developers and land owners rich while fuelling that construction industry. The political justification is infill development and intensifying density in existing neighbourhoods is politically extremely difficult, as is destroying the ALR. So long as people badly want detached houses the only way to create new supply is to develop further outside of Metro Vancouver, into Chilliwack, Squamish and the Sunshine Coast. Personally I don't think the Sunshine Coast link makes economic sense but if local politicians are going to resist redeveloping single family home areas of Metro Vancouver, they'll have to do it eventually.
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# ? May 5, 2017 05:40 |
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Only like 30k people live on the Sunshine Coast. lol Meanwhile there are multiple Metrotowns worth of residential and commercial activity along the Broadway corridor but that area not worth transit upgrades.
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# ? May 5, 2017 05:42 |
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cowofwar posted:What is the economic justification for a bridge to a bunch of nothing? As Christy Clark has shown with the Massey Bridge to Delta, it doesn't matter. She's still mad about being voted out of the safest BC Liberal riding in Metro Vancouver and thus TransLink and everyone in the area isn't seeing a dime. And if they want to even see a dime, it'll be on a referendum.
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# ? May 5, 2017 06:27 |
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I have family that lives on the Sunshine Coast. They're livid about this proposed bridge, the last thing they want their area to become is another lovely Vancouver suburb.
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# ? May 5, 2017 15:02 |
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I can't blame them, look at the NIMBY shithole Squamish has become over the past six years or so. I mean, it was a shithole beforehand, but it was a different and more approachable shithole than a town full of whining yuppies.
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# ? May 5, 2017 15:46 |
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Femtosecond posted:Toronto is more subprime than Vancouver
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# ? May 5, 2017 16:13 |
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mojo1701a posted:"Excuse me, sir, but have you heard the good news?" that is good news
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# ? May 5, 2017 16:19 |
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Rime posted:I can't blame them, look at the NIMBY shithole Squamish has become over the past six years or so. That's a good point. If newcomers are specifically coming to a town just because it's the only place left they can get a SFH, they're likely to be even more resistant than normal to municipal efforts to upzone away from SFH.
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# ? May 5, 2017 16:19 |
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Typo posted:that is good news "Jesus saves! ...you half a percentage point on your home mortgage!"
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# ? May 5, 2017 17:14 |
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You know, if only the lenders moved into the churches, it could be a one stop shop!
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# ? May 5, 2017 17:21 |
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I saw this article the other day about how Vancouver Island is filled with the olds. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/census-2016-youth-in-the-north-seniors-on-the-island-1.4097018 I knew that Qualicum, Parksville, and Sidney were especially old but surprised at Nanaimo being on the list (twice!). Then today I saw this article about how old people in Nanaimo aren't downsizing from homes due to a lack of affordable rentals. http://nanaimonewsnow.com/article/534793/nanaimo-area-seniors-bucking-trends-population-exceeds-number-children quote:Hintz said the lack of affordable housing is why seniors aren't downsizing as anticipated. And reminded me of another thing I saw the other day: http://nanaimonewsnow.com/article/534686/upscale-rental-housing-planned-replace-old-nanaimo-city-hall-annex quote:High-end rental housing is planned to replace Nanaimo's old City Hall Annex, which has sat vacant for more than three years. So the city gave away of chunk of land in a decent location (for the view at least) in order to profit a developer and get some luxury condos downtown. Oh but maybe some micro units will be "pretty affordable" so it's not a total loss right? Maybe a few of those olds who don't want to downsize from their SFH due to unaffordable rentals will decide to move to a micro-condo in the totally desirable (sarcasm) downtown area. https://goo.gl/maps/XqTuJBnC85C2 Imagine the views from several floors up, they'll be pretty great. For those with the money to be in their luxury tower.
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Mozi posted:You know, if only the lenders moved into the churches, it could be a one stop shop! This time, we bolted the tables to the floor!
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# ? May 5, 2017 19:38 |
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Hi Canada thread I found something for you to hate-read http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11850187 quote:
Also holy poo poo why is every sentence a paragraph
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# ? May 5, 2017 22:26 |
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This is literally all I can think of after reading that
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# ? May 5, 2017 22:38 |
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I'm a terrible person because most of that seems like just real sensible advice for anyone who wants to buy anything with a negotiable price. The group buy thing starts bordering on a scam if they're specifically targeting senile people, but otherwise seller beware.
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Jordan7hm posted:I'm a terrible person because most of that seems like just real sensible advice for anyone who wants to buy anything with a negotiable price. Also, lots of people want to sell their place without holding out for the highest possible value because it's a giant loving inconvenience. Finding a seller that's just sick of having their property listed and lowballing them isn't a scam, it's a transaction that will potentially make everyone involved very happy. I know a guy who's going through a similar thing with a vacation property, and will probably lose money on an eventual sale, and he said, "You know what? I just want it loving gone. If someone offered me 150k below listing today, they'd take it." The other lesson from that is: don't build a big new house in the middle of assfuck nowhere, because you will not be able to find anyone who's willing to pay what the house is worth.
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# ? May 5, 2017 22:59 |
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I hate how lowball became "an offer below asker's price" because I don't think this is the case if the asking price is above market value and/or the seller is delusional. It used to mean an offer below market value. I.e. If comparable houses are selling for 800k and you price yours at 1M and you get an 825k offer that's not a lowball imo. This is still true even if they were selling for 1M last year and that's what you paid for your house that's now worth 800k.
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PT6A posted:The other lesson from that is: don't build a big new house in the middle of assfuck nowhere, because you will not be able to find anyone who's willing to pay what [you believe] the house is worth.
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Mozi posted:You know, if only the lenders moved into the churches, it could be a one stop shop! They could even change your Yuan to CAD while they're at it.
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I just rode my bike on Cornwall Rd aka chip Wilson lane. It's lined with bclp signs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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