International Insights, Global Perspective

While housing affordability deteriorates globally, Canada is experiencing a rare price and rent correction: national home prices ~20% off peak, rents down 7.4% YoY for 19 consecutive months. Canada's Oct 2024 immigration crackdown drove a 100K population decline in 2025 (first since WWII), fundamentally reversing housing supply-demand dynamics. For overseas Chinese investors, this creates a unique window — but Toronto and Vancouver mortgage-to-income ratios still exceed 52%. Where are the real opportunities?

Australia's housing market faces a 'perfect storm' of headwinds: May auction clearance rates plunged to 52% nationally, the lowest since April 2020. Sydney recorded just 49%. With high interest rates, slashed borrowing capacity, consumer gloom, and rising unemployment — how should overseas Chinese investors interpret the inflection point?