The focus remained on the nation’s housing boom last week, with figures released showing that house prices continued to rise rapidly last month, even as home sales fell further in the aftermath of the new foreign buyer tax in Vancouver. Unsurprisingly, we also learned that household debt hit another record high relative to disposable income in the second quarter.
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