Housing: Housing Costs and Home

housing: This has left many hopeful home buyers priced out of the average detached home market, according to Huffington Post Canada. Even larger condo units are picking up speed in price. So the real question is, how big is small-space living Housing costs continue to soar in Canada priciest real estate markets -- in spite of provincial and federal action to slow housing activity in Toronto and Vancouver. Housing costs rising, lowrise construction falling, and the come-back of condos According to ReMax, 2016 saw the average home price across all housing types increase 13 per cent in Greater Vancouver to 1.02 million, and 17 per cent in the GTA to 725,857. Those numbers are only expected to climb in 2017. The average detached home in these markets is well over a million. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.