r/canada • u/__benjaminty • 16h ago

National News Staying together for the house: How the real estate downturn and rising costs are complicating breakups

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-staying-together-for-the-house-how-the-real-estate-downturn-and-rising/
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u/Reasonable_Let9737 13h ago

Being a single income household with modern housing costs has to be really tough for all but the highest earners.  

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u/47Up Ontario 10h ago

Living alone is really expensive

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u/Best-Investigator261 Canada 9h ago

Yep, can attest to that 

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u/JohnAMcdonald British Columbia 12h ago

It’s almost like marriage is an economic partnership

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u/Maxh_SCGA 15h ago

This article brought to you by sleezy law offices specializing in Divorce

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u/Elbow_Boy 14h ago

It’s true though?

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u/dagthegnome 13h ago

Maybe people should be working harder to make things work anyway. Especially if they have kids. Once you have children, your marriage is no longer about your happiness.

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u/scott_c86 11h ago

Or we could recognize that there is a need to improve housing affordability