As in leases, supply is low, demand is excessive, and we’ve talked about how an annual appreciation at that degree is just unsustainable. Data shows that extra people are buying pre-construction and new condos in cities like Toronto and Vancouver. Over on the west coast, the Vancouver Island Construction Association says building permits for multi-residential, apartment and house buildings have climbed lately. Grandfather Homes president Matt Ewers, who builds $1M+ custom properties, says he is seen millennial consumers “are willing to spend it as they make it,” including amenities like $150,000 pools in the course of the building course of. “Whatever it takes proper nows what we’re doing with this market,” he said. “Because there is such robust purchaser demand and such restricted inventory.”
The seasonally‐adjusted estimate of latest homes for sale at the end of April was 316,000. Because new home gross sales are recorded when contracts are signed, …