There’s always a lot of talk about shorting the market on this blog. Well in the UK you really can short the housing market. IG Index, the financial spread betting outfit allows punters to speculate on many different markets, one of which is UK house prices. If this were offered in Vancouver, how many bears would put their money where their mouths are, so to speak?
http://www.igindex.co.uk/spread-betting/house-prices-example.html