Posthaste: Five market predictions in the wake of the 'hottest year in Canadian real estate history'

In a new report, online realtor Zoocasa makes five market predictions after an extraordinary year that will be remembered for record-breaking sales and price gains of over 20%.

1) Low housing supply is not a quick fix

2) Mortgage rate hikes may not be so bad this time

3) Home prices will keep going up

4) Virtual home hunting is here to stay

5) Housing will be an election issue — again

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Omicron Will Only Stoke the Fire of Canada’s Already Red-Hot Real Estate Market

Counterintuitive though it may seem, the Omicron variant of COVID-19, could actually ensure real estate activity remains red-hot going into 2022.

“What that uncertainly will do to real estate markets is, we believe, trigger similar behaviours to the previous three waves of this pandemic, and that has been shown to, strangely, paradoxically, drive real estate market activity,” Royal LePage President Phil Soper.

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9. Choose window coverings carefully.
10. Use ceiling fans.

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