Toronto real estate is been plagued by a chronic shortage of supply… or is it? Recently we’ve been asked by a number of investors and developers whether they’ll be able to profitably create more supply in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). That’s a tough question, and we’ll get to that on another day. In order […]
China is dealing with some of the world’s most ruthless real estate speculators. Here are some lessons Canada should take away.
Canadian real estate looks a lot like the US market before the crash, now that new research disproves the subprime myth.
Canadian real estate prices may be using a process called massification to maintain prices, here’s how it works.
Last week’s piece on Canadian real estate cycles invited more questions than usual, so we thought we would answer some of them for all to see.
Vancouver and Toronto’s real estate markets aren’t special. Here’s the lesson we taught the country’s top economists this week.
Foreign buying numbers for Canadian real estate are about to go through the roof, but don’t worry. It’s probably not new demand.
Canadian real estate getting hard to sell because of foreign buyer taxes? Not anymore, using these tips the government already knows about.
Due to my background, I’m invited to quite a few privileged conversations. One of those occurred a few months ago, when a Beijing-based money manager sent my office an email, and asked if I could meet him in Toronto for coffee. He was fairly vague, but said he just wanted to have a casual conversation […]
The US Federal Reserve has a super secret indicator for tracking bubbles, and they think Canadian real estate is at risk for a correction.
