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Re:The global housing market is broken, and it’s dividing en... by raydev on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:39PM (#32230592)
It unfortunately is "the very least" we can do, though.

> That should drive down our prices

No, in Canada, foreign owned properties make up a tiny percentage of the total, so banning it doesn't actually have any impact. Works as future protection for sure, but that's all.

The "foreign investors" are a convenient strawman that hides bigger underlying problems.

Re:The global housing market is broken, and it’s dividing en... by more_corn on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:53PM (#32231431)
Didn’t Vancouver do this to good effect recently? 20% tax on foreign buyers caused a 15% dip in home prices?