{"id":8122,"date":"2013-07-17T02:28:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T06:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2013-07-17T02:28:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T06:28:18","slug":"canadian-housing-bubble-looks-ripe-for-popping-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/17\/canadian-housing-bubble-looks-ripe-for-popping-toronto-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian housing bubble looks ripe for popping | Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Peterson writes the Canadian housing bubble is headed for a “slow-motion” crash:<\/p>\n

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My gravest concern is that Canada is fast approaching a 5:1 home-price-to-income ratio, a benchmark achieved by the U.S. at the peak in 2006. Since the correction, the U.S. ratio now hovers at approximately 3:1.<\/p>\n

To compound the problem, household debt in Canada has breached 150 per cent of income and continues in the wrong direction; households are not cushioned against a blow.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Australian household debt is also hovering around 150% of disposable income.<\/p>\n

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While the price-to-income ratio<\/a> varies between 4 and more than 6 depending on whether you use national averages or median data.
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Read more at Canadian housing bubble looks ripe for popping | Toronto Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adam Peterson writes the Canadian housing bubble is headed for a “slow-motion” crash: My gravest concern is that Canada is fast approaching a 5:1 home-price-to-income ratio, a benchmark achieved by the U.S. at the peak in 2006. Since the correction, the U.S. ratio now hovers at approximately 3:1. To compound the problem, household debt in … <\/p>\n

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