A newly updated edition for the fast-changing real estate market in Canada!Over the last two decades Canadians have become convinced that real estate is the
"safe haven" investment. This widely held belief and obsession with real estate led millions
of Canadians to take on massive amounts of debt - tripling their collective financial
burden - ensuring that Canada is one of the most indebted nations on the planet.
Drawing on dozens of interviews and even more conversations with individual
Canadians and couples, this second edition also tackles the economic
conditions and regulatory rules that allowed such a dangerous situation
to develop in Canada, formerly a nation of conservative and prudent citizens.
Hilliard MacBeth argues that Canada is in the midst of an unprecedented
real estate bubble and that there will soon be a crash in house prices,
triggering a financial crisis. Individual Canadians and families can still take action to
protect themselves from the fallout of the bubble bursting - if they act quickly.

Note to ReadersIntroduction to the Second EditionPart I: The BubbleChapter 1: Canada's Housing Bubble Defies GravityChapter 2: Canada's Debt AddictionChapter 3: Bubbles, Bubbles EverywhereChapter 4: Japan: A Warning
Part II: A Shaky FoundationChapter 5: Preparing the GroundChapter 6: Detached from RealityChapter 7: Debt and Money Creation
Part III: Canada Is SpecialChapter 8: Canadian ExceptionalismChapter 9: Blowing Bubbles: The Role of the CMHCChapter 10: Banks Will Survive (But They Won't Thrive)
Part IV: A Place to LiveChapter 11: A Home, Not an InvestmentChapter 12: Boomers Will Need to SellChapter 13: Who Gets Hurt?
Part V: Surviving the CrashChapter 14: Into ActionChapter 15: Who Wants to Be a Landlord?Chapter 16: Avoid These MistakesChapter 17: Beyond SurvivalChapter 18: Change Is Needed Now
AcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex