User: Brian Ripley: CAD Real Estate: Picture

Commodity markets began rolling over in the spring of 2011 and as you can see by the CMHC Housing Index inset, Canadian housing values peaked in the spring of 2012. Now in the spring of 2013 we can see the U.S. and Japanese markets topping. J.C. Parets asks: "Will there be a rotation back into resource heavy economies?". A return to the commodity bull and continuing low interest rates will probably keep the Canadian housing sector spirits alive. But if commodity prices keep falling, a cascade of events will keep the under performers under performing. More at www.chpc.biz