nameisbond
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We did have a little dead cat bounce here when the Bank Of Canada paused raising rates. Real estate agents here have been pricing under market value and are boasting selling over ask. Bank Of Canada surprised everyone but me in raising rates yesterday. Big six banks today raised prime near 7%. I said elsewhere that I'm seeing construction slowing in my neighborhood and now suspect it will come to a halt. Real estate development runs on credit and with the banks raising rates and tightening lending. See big trouble for developers. Second problem is foreign buyers mainly from China. The Chinese real estate market is crashing in China. The first to go like any crash is vacation homes and foreign holdings. I'm a little more optimistic on our American real estate holdings because the area is flooded with retiree's and more coming every day. They are attracted to central Washington State, low property tax, low cost of living and no state income tax.