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Joe Oliver tells realtors Ottawa will stay out of housing market because no bubble seen not gonna lie a little bit of me is looking forward to the ruination that will ensue
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# ? May 20, 2015 17:53 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:So, no problem here. The debt ratios are ok because Canadians are getting wealthier through their real estate holdings. Government running a deficit: Irresponsible and unthinkable. You wouldn't balance a household budget by going into debt, that's just foolish. Actual household going into debt: Interest rates are low right now, and that debt can be used to create wealth and spur productivity. Ha ha ha loving hell.
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# ? May 20, 2015 18:12 |
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Guest2553 posted:not gonna lie a little bit of me is looking forward to the ruination that will ensue quote:The government, which has made four changes to housing finance rules since 2008 to cool booming sales and rising prices, is satisfied with market dynamics today and isn’t seeking further reform, Oliver said. So what, house prices keep going up up up but they decide "our job here is done" Maybe I'm just biased because I live in Toronto.
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# ? May 20, 2015 18:14 |
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Coxswain Balls posted:Government running a deficit: Irresponsible and unthinkable. You wouldn't balance a household budget by going into debt, that's just foolish.
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# ? May 20, 2015 18:21 |
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Maybe the resulting crash is a 'gently caress you' to pockets of liberal voters? I could believe it's an attempt to create the conditions for an economic hulk smash before an election loss which can then be blamed on the ruling party a few years down the road during the next election bid, but that takes a level of foresight I don`t believe most politicians posses. I just don't want my increased TFSA limits to go away
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# ? May 20, 2015 18:22 |
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Coxswain Balls posted:Government running a deficit: Irresponsible and unthinkable. You wouldn't balance a household budget by going into debt, that's just foolish. The paper basically ended on exactly the opposite of that. quote:Most Canadians are managing their debt levels responsibly, with no evident strain to either their incomes or their balance sheets. Government is the only sector of our economy that has a structural problem managing its debt, notably the provinces, where debt levels continue to rise even before the largest demands of an aging population are made on our antiquated health care system.
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# ? May 20, 2015 19:13 |
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Hahaha
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# ? May 20, 2015 19:17 |
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"our antiquated healthcare system" loving death by guillotine for every Fraser fellow
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# ? May 20, 2015 19:18 |
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THC posted:"our antiquated healthcare system" I suppose the only solution to this is to privatize health care, right, Mr. Philip Cross!?
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# ? May 20, 2015 20:12 |
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Baronjutter posted:A mortgage isn't a debt it's an investment. This is seriously the way many many people think. It doen't matter how big your mortgage is because prices always go up, so in the end you will always make money. it's no different than forcing your self to invest X dollars a month in a retirement plan, in fact it's better because you can't live inside a retirement plan as you pay into it. Renting is like living in the hollowed out husk of your long dead dignity. Withering sarcasm aside, most of the middle class was a lot better off when forced savings through a mortgage and pension were the norm.
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# ? May 20, 2015 21:27 |
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Jan posted:I suppose the only solution to this is to privatize health care, right, Mr. Philip Cross!?
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# ? May 20, 2015 21:32 |
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Here's some video of the guy getting lobbed softballs by the CBC http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/household-debt-is-under-control-in-canada-fraser-institute-says-1.3080638
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# ? May 21, 2015 02:17 |
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lol what the gently caress is shopify? I can't even be bothered to loving google it because who loving cares about a canadian tech ipo
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# ? May 21, 2015 03:43 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:lol what the gently caress is shopify? I can't even be bothered to loving google it because who loving cares about a canadian tech ipo Easy to use shopping cart software.
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# ? May 21, 2015 03:46 |
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It's like spotify but with shops - actual sales pitch
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# ? May 21, 2015 03:46 |
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They're listing on the TSX and NY Stock Exchange. What does that mean? Should I buy the NYSE one for when the Canadian economy implodes?
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# ? May 21, 2015 04:30 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:lol what the gently caress is shopify? I can't even be bothered to loving google it because who loving cares about a canadian tech ipo Still better than hootsuite
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# ? May 21, 2015 04:58 |
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more like poopsuite
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# ? May 21, 2015 05:01 |
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Far and away the worst thing about Hootsuite is being subjected to Ryan Holmes' interminable thinkpieces every other week by the entirety of the adoring Canadian media establishment.
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# ? May 21, 2015 05:32 |
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Lexicon posted:Far and away the worst thing about Hootsuite is being subjected to Ryan Holmes' interminable thinkpieces every other week by the entirety of the adoring Canadian media establishment. Well, it's probably illegally hiring unpaid interns after receiving over 100m in VC funding. But that's up there.
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# ? May 21, 2015 10:03 |
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I set up a Shopify site for a client of mine. It didn't suck very much, which is more than I can say for HootSuite.
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# ? May 21, 2015 10:18 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:lol what the gently caress is shopify? I can't even be bothered to loving google it because who loving cares about a canadian tech ipo Shopify is a fairly interesting company that does what it does pretty well, but it's not cutting edge high tech. It's just trying to make selling poo poo easy.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:15 |
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Welp http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1804916/something-grotesquely-wrong-vancouvers-housing-market-and-timeIan Young posted:Something is grotesquely wrong with Vancouver’s housing market, and the time for denialism is over The bolded paragraph, if true, is a pretty amazing stat. But please, tell me more about how Vancouver's uniquely expensive status in both Canada and the world derives mostly from the locals on loose credit [the same terms of which are available anywhere in the country].
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:17 |
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Australia's foreign ownership restrictions have done nothing so far. I think that's a good clue.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:27 |
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Yeah now that more and more apparent actual stats on foreign money and ownership percentages (something like 50% of houses and 60%+ condos) I'm starting to buy into the whole "RICH CHINESE" are to blame for most of what's wrong with Vancouver (well it's housing market anyways).
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:28 |
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The solution to the Vancouver problem is to not live in Vancouver Just cut it loose and call it, Hong Kong Far West.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:32 |
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Baronjutter posted:(something like 50% of houses and 60%+ condos) Citation plz
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:32 |
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jm20 posted:The solution to the Vancouver problem is to not live in Vancouver Just cut it loose and call it, Hong Kong Far West. Everyone who isn't a real-estate speculator should just move out and leave the city Vancouver-themed chinese investment ghost city. They can all go to Prince George and buy 500k houses.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:33 |
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quote:
http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/government-intervention-unlikely-in-vancouver-real-estate-market-1.1941361 You should all know that mike klassen is a loving NPA stooge so take that into account.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:35 |
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Lexicon posted:Welp http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1804916/something-grotesquely-wrong-vancouvers-housing-market-and-time
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:37 |
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Baronjutter posted:Everyone who isn't a real-estate speculator should just move out and leave the city Vancouver-themed chinese investment ghost city. They can all go to Prince George and buy 500k houses. Vancouver is honestly a lost cause for house ownership, I'm looking forward to the day when a dual income family of doctors and lawyers doesn't qualify for a real estate mortgage due to lack of income.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:50 |
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jm20 posted:Vancouver is honestly a lost cause for house ownership, I'm looking forward to the day when a dual income family of doctors and lawyers doesn't qualify for a real estate mortgage due to lack of income. We've got a long way to go, then, I know people barely making $50k who've been approved for mortgages of $600k+. You seriously think the banks are turning off that credit faucet before an implosion that makes the US subprime look like a puff of smoke? FFS, I was getting stuff done at the bank last week and after turning down a credit limit increase to $10k because I lost my job, they became even MORE pushy about getting the increase saying poo poo like how I would need it even more now and what if I needed a safety net. I don't want a safety net with 20% interest, wtf is wrong with these idiots. Rime fucked around with this message at 19:00 on May 21, 2015 |
# ? May 21, 2015 18:55 |
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White trash making 60k year qualify for million dollar mortgages. Just finance your down payment.
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# ? May 21, 2015 18:56 |
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Just like my rage over the census and scientists being muzzled/threatened I have a similar rage for real-estate and finance stats, or the lack of them. How the gently caress can the city, province, or feds make any sort of coherent policy on housing when all we have are the 2nd hand stats that the realestate industry decides we should see, and a ton of support important things aren't even recorded or tracked? It should be public knowledge exactly how much of an effect "chinese money" is having on the region. It should be known the exact balance of cash purchases vs mortgages vs incomes vs downpayments. It should also be known where all this foreign money is coming from and any legal/ethical issues with said money.
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:00 |
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Baronjutter posted:Just like my rage over the census and scientists being muzzled/threatened I have a similar rage for real-estate and finance stats, or the lack of them. How the gently caress can the city, province, or feds make any sort of coherent policy on housing when all we have are the 2nd hand stats that the realestate industry decides we should see, and a ton of support important things aren't even recorded or tracked?
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:03 |
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THC posted:They don't care. They don't want to touch it because it could deflate and suddenly we won't have the "richest middle class in the world". They want the property values sky-high so they can keep income taxes low and so boomers can be paper millionaires. It prints money. And when it comes tumbling down they can just shrug and say "How could we have seen this coming, real-estate is unpredictable". Just like Harper not wanting economic or social or environmental stats proving his policies are a disaster the government doesn't want housing stats to prove their policies are a disaster or that they should have had alarm bells ringing years ago. It's like a nuclear plant's safety policy being to disable the safety systems and silence the alarms then plead ignorance after the meltdown. They don't actually care about the results, just not being blamed in the ensuing disaster.
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:06 |
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Rime posted:We've got a long way to go, then, I know people barely making $50k who've been approved for mortgages of $600k+. Well 600k wont buy you a house in Vancouver, and jobs over 50k in Vancouver are few and far between. When the Vancity crash comes, it will be a sight to behold. Sucks about your current situation, but the banks trying to scoop you for 20% loans is pretty capitalist right there. You should've replied you already have an account setup at moneymart Cultural Imperial posted:White trash making 60k year qualify for million dollar mortgages. Just finance your down payment. :CMHCDOWNS: should be a thing THC posted:They don't care. They don't want to touch it because it could deflate and suddenly we won't have the "richest middle class in the world". They want the property values sky-high so they can keep income taxes low and so boomers can be paper millionaires. It prints money. "...a problem for 'Stephen Harper's granddaughter to solve,' Joe Oliver says"
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:08 |
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jm20 posted::CMHCDOWNS: should be a thing +
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:11 |
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Baronjutter posted:(something like 50% of houses and 60%+ condos) CMHC posted:< 3% condos
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:14 |
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jm20 posted:The solution to the Vancouver problem is to not live in Vancouver Just cut it loose and call it, Hong Kong Far West. I have a simpler solution. Change all address numbers to 4.
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# ? May 21, 2015 19:15 |