I wasn't hinting any of those things you wrote in my previous post, but I won't disagree with them either.
In particular, #2 is true because of all the hot money that is rushing down from the Great Motherland. Armed with as much $$$ as they do, those Great Chinese buyers really don't give a damn about how much they are paying for their flats. Moreover, because they have the $$, they are not interested in renting the unit out to locals either, so even though those units have been sold, they do nothing to ease the upward pressure on rent. The end result of this is that once again, the poor folks in HK are the ones that suffers.
You should ask Vancouver government to build more 居屋 so that big Canadian developers cannot control downtown real estate.
peter236 發表於 2011-7-4 12:58
When you don't know shxt, you should really just shut the fxxk up.
Major Canadian cities have a problem with low-cost social housing. But in Vancouver, the local and provincial governments are taking steps to introduce these unit into the market.
For the moment, people are adjusting / adapting to the rising home prices by either moving further away, or moving into smaller condo / apartment / townhouse units. But let's not forget why Canadians -- esp us in Vancouver -- are facing sky high real estate prices: it's all because of the hot money that is pouring in from your Great Motherland.
?? What's your assumptions?
lo_pak 發表於 2011-7-4 13:02
If HK government builds more 居屋, near the peak of the market cycle, it would be tricky.
If the markets turns down, the same people who ask for more 居屋, will blame the HK government for increasing supply. Remember 85,000 units back in 1997 market peak before the Asian fianancial crisis?