Author

Josh Sherman

Josh reports on the Western Canada housing market for Livabl from its Toronto HQ. Since graduating from Humber College’s journalism program in 2014, his work has appeared in numerous publications, including Vice, Toronto Life, Metro Toronto (now StarMetro), Exclaim!, and NOW Magazine. Josh has also interned at Canadian urbanism magazine Spacing and published short fiction in the Great Lakes Review.

Author’s articles

Vancouver’s no longer a high-risk housing market, and Toronto may follow

Josh Sherman August 2, 2019

For the past three years, Vancouver has been highly exposed to housing-related risks — not anymore.
Here are 4 loopholes to Canada’s mortgage stress test

Josh Sherman August 1, 2019

Stressed out about the mortgage stress test? One of these tips might be the answer.
How housing and the Toronto Raptors helped the Canadian economy rebound

Josh Sherman July 31, 2019

Should we be thanking Kawhi Leonard for economic growth as well as Canada’s first NBA championship?
Despite stricter policies, Canada’s housing market still a bubble risk, according to Bloomberg

Josh Sherman July 31, 2019

Policymakers in Canada have tried repeatedly in recent years to tame the country’s housing market. It might not be enough.
This is the biggest threat to Toronto condo prices

Josh Sherman July 30, 2019

The number of new condos in the pipeline in the Greater Toronto Area might become a serious drag for the high-rise market, an economist is warning.
There are 246 cranes towering over the Toronto region as suburban condos take off

Josh Sherman July 29, 2019

Toronto’s suburbs are growing up as condo development booms outside the city’s core.
Toronto home price gains will barely match inflation for next 2 years

Josh Sherman July 29, 2019

It doesn’t seem like Toronto home prices are going anywhere in the coming years, at least when inflation is taken into account.
Vancouver developers are pivoting from condos to rentals as deep freeze sets in

Josh Sherman July 27, 2019

As the Vancouver housing market suffers from falling prices and sluggish sales, developers are increasingly turning to the rentals.
How does the latest Canadian housing downturn compare to past crashes?

Josh Sherman July 24, 2019

New analysis from a leading economist puts the recent Canadian housing downturn in perspective by comparing it to previous booms and busts of the last 30 years.
Last-resort lenders are making a bigger splash in Canada’s mortgage market

Josh Sherman July 24, 2019

Unregulated lenders are doling out more short-term loans tied to property investments, and that might amplify a Canadian home price downturn, one economist warns.
Is the worst over for Vancouver’s housing market?

Josh Sherman July 23, 2019

Greater Vancouver’s housing market may finally be bottoming out.
Canadians have been using their homes like ATMs for years. Is that beginning to change?

Josh Sherman July 22, 2019

They’re a popular tool most often used to fund home renovations, especially in recent years, but Canadians may be cooling to borrowing via home equity lines of credit (HELOC).
The bar has finally been lowered for Canada’s mortgage stress test

Josh Sherman July 20, 2019

Borrowers have been waiting years for this moment.
As Vancouver housing struggles, home prices are increasing in these 6 BC markets

Josh Sherman July 19, 2019

Vancouver home prices headed further south in June, but not all markets in BC are seeing prices tailspin.
Canadian home prices hit decade low for growth

Josh Sherman July 19, 2019

Increases in Canadian home prices haven’t been this sluggish since Canada’s housing market was withering in the wake of the Great Recession.
Montreal homes are selling almost as fast as they’re listed

Josh Sherman July 18, 2019

Now you see it, now you don’t. That’s the story of Montreal home listings these days as sales are continuing at a breakneck speed.