This kind of default framing is just so infuriating and needs to be stamped out.
"Canada too has never recovered from its pre-COVID property market records."
Talking about houses becoming more affordable as some kind of "sickness" that society has be "recover" from is a large part of the problem.
Please do better.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/what-happens-if-property-prices-fall-20-per-cent-ask-nz-canada/107045250