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TRENDS IN THE HOUSING MARKET — TORONTO SALES PLUNGE 61%! Buyers Walking Away & Global Housing Crisis

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Channel: Mike Martins · 2017 · People & Blogs

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United States — California and housing affordability
- California lawmakers introduce more than 130 housing-related bills — attempts to address the state's affordability problems.
- One in three California renters reportedly spends more than half their income on rent.
- California's housing shortage — construction failing to keep pace with housing demand.
- California's growing tent and RV encampments — discussing the connection between expensive housing and homelessness.
- California's brain drain — workers leaving expensive coastal cities for more affordable communities.
- The number of vacant California homes — asking viewers to help research how many properties might be sitting empty.
- Canadian versus American new-home prices — examining reports that new Canadian homes cost over 50% more on average.
- Affordable American housing — discussing reports that a substantial share of U.S. housing units remain valued below $100,000.
Australia and New Zealand
- Sydney's five-year housing boom may be ending — a leading industry representative suggests prices could remain flat for the rest of 2017.
- Sydney auctions attracting only one bidder — signs that buyers may be becoming more cautious.
- Sydney and Melbourne housing prices — discussing the extraordinary increases over the previous five years.
- Australia's restrictions on foreign investment — new measures addressing overseas purchases and vacant investment properties.
- Australia's proposed vacant-property charges — examining the government's response to properties being left unoccupied.
- New Zealand's 2017 budget and housing affordability — questioning whether the proposed measures go far enough.
- New Zealand accommodation supplements — additional support for households struggling with rent.
- Approximately 100,000 people expected to remain under housing stress despite proposed assistance.
- New Zealand's social-housing shortage — discussing the need for affordable homes rather than continually expanding government assistance.
United Kingdom and Ireland
- England's housebuilding reaches its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis — construction improving but reportedly remaining below demand.
- England's housing starts and completions — examining quarterly increases.
- Ireland's homeless families sleeping in Garda stations — reports of families unable to obtain emergency accommodation.
- Ireland's vacant homes — approximately 183,000 vacant properties discussed, including about 40,000 in Dublin.
- Ireland's homeless children — figures showing a substantial increase in children living in emergency accommodation.
- Scotland's housing market — annual price increases despite monthly declines.
- Aberdeen's falling prices — discussing the regional differences within Scotland.
- London property prices — examining how London compares with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Global finance, millennials and live discussion
- 70% of Chinese millennials reportedly own homes — examining an HSBC international homeownership survey.
- Canadian millennial homeownership around 34% — comparison with the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and other countries.
- Global millennial homeownership around 40% in the survey.
- First-time buyers exceeding their budgets — 56% of surveyed recent buyers reportedly spending more than planned.
- The Bank of Mom and Dad — parental financial assistance helping younger generations enter the housing market.
- Foreign capital and local housing instability — discussing the economic effects of investment flows rather than buyers' ethnicity.
- Interest rates, debt and possible corrections — live viewer discussion about the consequences of falling housing prices.
- Wednesday Hump Day Housing — announcing the next housing discussion and inviting viewers to send articles.

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