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Douglas Todd: 10 ways to take advantage of Canada’s housing 'correction' Opinion: What is happening now in urban Canadian housing is an opportunity — for would-be buyers, as well as governments. We can restrict towers, retain existing rentals and more

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Douglas Todd: 10 ways to take advantage of Canada’s housing 'correction'

Opinion: What is happening now in urban Canadian housing is an opportunity — for would-be buyers, as well as governments. We can restrict towers, retain existing rentals and more

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Canada’s overheated housing market is correcting. It’s time for housing policy to start correcting with it.

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In the past decade and more, housing prices in Vancouver, Toronto, Victoria and other Canadian cities have spiralled upward into unaffordability, crowding out many........

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