While the housing investment boom helped support the economy through the oil shock last year, the further deterioration in housing affordability will likely cost the economy in the longer run. The abrupt slowdown in Vancouver’s housing market serves as a warning shot. As things stand now, the performance of the economy this year could hinge on the direction of the much larger overheated Toronto housing market.
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