The document discusses the urgent real estate crisis in Canada, highlighting a significant 15% rise in average housing prices from March 2016 to March 2017, reaching $585,787. It emphasizes that resolving the affordability issue requires a comprehensive approach involving all levels of government and the private sector, rather than quick fixes that address only symptoms. Key factors contributing to the problem include wages, inflation, land availability, and mortgage regulations, which need systemic reforms for effective solutions.

1. REAL ESTATE CRISIS –
CANADA – APRIL 2017
PAUL YOUNG CPA, CGA
APRIL 19, 2017

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Financial Solutions
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. OVERVIEW
• Too many governments think they have a fixed for housing prices. The problem is that it takes
combination of policies to fix the systemic issues with out of control housing prices. You do not fix a
problem with a leak in the dam through plugging one hole. So, you cannot fix real estate pricing with
one off policies.

4. AGENDA
• Housing Prices
• Cost of Housing
• Root Cause vs Symptom – Resolving Problems
• Summary

5. AVERAGE HOUSING PRICES
Average Canadian
house price climbs 9%
to $439,144 in March
from year earlier
March 2015
CBC News – April 15, 2015
March 2016
CBC News – April 15, 2016
Average house
price in Canada
jumps 15% to
$508,567 in March
from year earlier
March 2017
Globe and Mail – April 13, 2016
The average house
price in Canada for
March 2017 is
$585,787 or about
15% from March 2017
• Housing affordability continues to worsen
• Wages, GDP and Inflation are not keeping pace with growth in housing prices
• There is no quick fix to solving the affordability of housing. It will take all levels of government including the
private sector to fix the systemic issues with the housing market.

6. HOUSING
Housing Cost
• Raw Material
• Assembling
• Building Permits
• Land Transfer Taxes
Issues:
• Availability of Land
• Government regulations
• Qualifying for Mortgages
• Market value assessment
• Bids and Asks

7. GOVERNMENT MISTAKES WITH HOUSING
• Analyzing the symptoms and not the root cause

8. Government has a habit of looking for a quick fix. Quick fixes
rarely fixed systemic issues when it comes to government
policies

9. SUMMARY / REAL ESTATE
• All levels of Government
• Needs to fix the root cause when it comes to solving problems, not try to fix the symptoms
• Government -
• Mortgage Rules
• Review land transfer taxes
• Building permits
• Availability of Land
• Infrastructure (Roads, Bridges, Transit, etc)
• Banks need to enforce better market valuation as part of assessing mortgages
• Wage growth
• Inflation
• GDP
• Original cost of the property