Careful What You Wish For
Interesting article on the flip-side of the impact of lower housing prices on the economy published by the British Columbia Real Estate Association. Definitely worth a read.
The desire of some well-meaning British Columbians for government to drive down the price of homes through demand-side policy may sound practical at first blush. However, when you consider the broad and deep economic toll that a negative shock to home prices would exact on both homeowners and renters, it quickly becomes apparent that such an approach is at best, a mug’s game. BCREA Economics analysis* shows that even a relatively modest negative price shock will produce significant consequences to the BC economy.
