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Steve Saretsky

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The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So that's like your private lenders, your mortgage investment corps.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

And that's where you're seeing, I think, a lot of the delinquencies.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

For example, in like Vancouver, Metro Vancouver area, the number of court ordered listings that are currently listed for sale on the MLS is at an all time high.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Going back to the year 2000.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So, I mean, I don't have data for the eighties, but you know, you had a 20, call it a 25 year high.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Yeah.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So if you look at on the MLS, right, you're looking for a new house.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

You would say, how many of the lists, how many listings are on the MLS today that are court ordered listings or

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

basically a bank forcing a sale or a lender forcing a sale.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

And that number today is currently at a 25-year high.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So there's a lot of distressed sales, even though when you look at the percentage terms, you're like, well, the percentage, nationally it's 0.6, so very, very low.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Again, it's coming off of record low levels and rising at a relatively quick pace.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

But overall, it's low, but it doesn't capture the shadow market, really, I would say.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Yeah, in BC, it's like – so from the time that you miss a payment –

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

to the time that like the judge basically puts your like listing as a for sale.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

It's like over a year.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

It's like 15.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

I think the average is like 15 months.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

It's a long time.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So are we going to, the reason I was asking that is Toronto.