Gimme Shelter: A CKNW Housing Special Airs on Friday, June 28

In the final instalment of our five-part series on real estate, Sarah MacDonald looks at the trickle-down effect of lagging sales and stalled projects.

"The worst case scenario is that you have to sell that house to be able to pay off those debts."

While prices have cooled, it's still a challenge for first-time buyers to break into the market.

In B.C., economists estimate nearly $89.2 billion in equity was wiped off the map between April 2018 and April 2019.

This is the first of a five-part series on the state of real estate in Metro Vancouver.