Hey! The weekend is nearly here! Lets do our regular end of the week news round-up and open topic economic discussion thread. Here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:
–Scotia: Soft landing for Canada, Vancouver will outperform
–BMO: Housing overvalued, future dip for Vancouver?
–Capitol Economics: 25% decline across Canada in 3 years
–Most liveable city, just ignore the drugs and crime
–Wealthy Chinese will save our market!
–Wealthy Mexicans will save our market!
–52% of Clark campaign contributions from real estate?
–“Skip a payment” turns 30 year back into a 35 year amortization
–Economist global house price tool
–ECB shocks markets with rate hike hint
–The Fall of Hong Kongs gilded generation
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!