"[...] Demand has been so high because people have the expectation that there’s no need to return to Toronto when the pandemic is over."
According to an Urbanation report, preconstruction condo sales in the City of Toronto climbed to 2,886 in the first quarter of the year from 2,829 in Q1-2020.
A cooling market isn't necessarily a bad thing. Bradley Watson, a broker with Watson Estates in Toronto, told CREW that we need some breathing room. Here's why.
In March, new listings set a record by reaching 1 million across Canada, a 7.5% increase from the month prior. Bidding wars were commonplace and inventories fell to their lowest in decades.
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"[...]There’s a lot of push for the city and other government levels to move towards laneway housing to deal with the supply issue and I think that’s a great opportunity.”
In 2020 alone, this commercial real estate team did over $60 million in commercial sales in Toronto.
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News of a fixed rate increase might inspire consumers driven by fear of being priced out of the market in Canada.
Even before COVID-19 moved us all to work from home, reevaluations of office space were already underway, but not nearly to the extent they are now.
This consultant and real estate investor said that a third of new construction properties built every year in Ontario have legitimate claims for reimbursement, but they aren't taken advantage of.
The average price of a detached home in the Winnipeg region was $352,185 last month, while the average attached home was $277,109, and condominiums were $224,338.
Millennials are benefiting from a confluence of factors, like low rates and minimal competition in the starter home segment, that have made homeownership less prohibitive.
A report from RE/MAX and CBRE noted that institutional investors and private equity were present in nearly every market last year in Western Canada.
“Buying activity for higher-end homes has picked up from where it was a year ago, and now it’s working its way right down the scale," says mortgage broker Robert Mogensen.
Maintenance fees rise for reasons ranging from property taxes to a condominium’s location, but older building infrastructure is also a major contributor to escalating costs.
According to this chief business development officer in Burlington, off-market investments have less competition and allow for more time to inspect the property.
Canadian housing starts hit 273,664 in March, up from 252,636 a month earlier, but the enhanced activity still hasn’t been able to keep pace with voracious demand.
“On the periphery of Vancouver and Toronto, there are pockets of opportunity. When you look at commercial real estate broadly, retail is a victim of COVID and that’s still playing out.”
Many people can't secure that 20% down payment to start their homeownership journey. This may be why rentals are exceeding demand in Toronto.
This broker says there are more investment opportunities in Mississauga's semi-detached market because you can benefit from two incomes - renting the basement and the upstairs.
With Bitcoin becoming such a success and increasing in value, is it a smart move to use it to purchase real estate? Yes and no. Here are some things to keep in mind.
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