When I was your age …

A Look at the Numbers: 1982: Average house price in Canada — $72,500 2015: Average house price in Canada — $439,100 1982: Average five-year fixed mortgage rate (March) — 19.4% 2015: Average five-year fixed mortgage rate (March) — 3.8% 1982: Outstanding residential mortgages — $30-billion 2015: Outstanding residential mortgages — $953-billion Sources: CREA, Statscan