Dodging Canadian Foreign Buyer Taxes: A Guide To Exploiting Loopholes For Fun and Profit
Canadian real estate getting hard to sell because of foreign buyer taxes? Not anymore, using these tips the government already knows about.
Small Rate Hike? Here’s How That $1,000,000 mortgage can now cost Canadians over $900,000
Canadian real estate prices are high, but rising interest rates are sending the final cost of a mortgage even higher.
Toronto Condo Prices Are Getting Closer To Detached Units, How Normal Is That?
Toronto real estate is making some strange moves, with condo prices inching closer to detached homes. Here’s how that compares historically.
Montreal Had Over 622,000 Residential Mortgages In 2016
Montreal real estate is seeing more buyers with mortgages, even though the rate of homeownership growth just hit an all-time low.
Canadians Had Over 5.6 Million Residential Mortgages As Of Census 2016
Analysis of Census 2016 numbers show the great Canadian real estate binge pushed the total number of mortgages to a new all-time high.
Vancouver Had Over 366,000 Residential Mortgages During Census 2016
Vancouver residential mortgages show solid gains, despite rising real estate prices dragging the rate of homeownership lower.
Uh oh… The Vancouver Real Estate Price Roller Coaster Just Accelerated Again
Vancouver real estate prices printed a new all-time high, the seventh time in a row it’s done that this year.
Toronto Average Detached Real Estate Prices Go Negative For The First Time In Months
Toronto real estate has been slumping in the detached segment, and that continued in October with lower prices and higher inventory.
This Week’s Top Stories: Toronto Is Home To 896,000 Mortgages, and How The Uber Rich Can Destroy Neighborhoods For Fun and Profit
Toronto real estate prices are down 9% from peak, and how to use property as an alternative investment – even though it can ruin cities.
Urban Land Banking 101: A Supervillain’s Guide To Ruining Local Real Estate Markets
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 […]
