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Collected Item: “Why the Canadian Housing Market Is Soaring in the Pandemic”

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Why the Canadian Housing Market Is Soaring in the Pandemic

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screenshot

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

"In Vancouver last month, the benchmark price for detached homes rose by 13.7 percent compared with a year earlier, reaching 1.6 million Canadian dollars. In the Toronto area, the average selling price for detached homes rose by 23.1 percent over the same time period, and a composite price that includes all kinds of housing topped 1 million dollars."

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HSE, Canada, housing market, house, economy, housing bubble

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/world/canada/canada-housing-market-covid.html

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Ian Austen

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2020-03-05
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