Mortgagenomics Canada

I think it's safe to say that every single detached home in Vancouver is priced over $1M. In fact as of Feb 2021, the average priced single family home in Greater Vancouver shot up to $1.83M (the third highest monthly figure, ever!). And here is the major disconnect of the entire real estate equation (for Metro Vancouver)...the median total income of households sits at only $72,662 - you don’t have to be a mortgage broker to know that this income will not qualify for a $1.83M purchase, in fact, a $72,000 income will net you a mortgage of just under $400,000.So where do we go from here?  Knowing that the minimum down payment required to purchase a property over $1M is 20%, the entry barrier to owning a single family home in Vancouver is sky high. For many, unachievable...impossible. More people actually qualify for a $1.83M purchase, than those that actually have the required down payment to fulfill the qualification (this is the bigger problem). For example, the annual income req