CMHC: More Than Half of Toronto Real Estate Price Increases Unexplained
Toronto real estate prices have been soaring, but how much higher than they should be? The CMHC thinks almost 60% of the gains were unexplained.
More Young Foreign Buyers Are Taking Out Mortgages For Canadian Real Estate… Kind Of
New data from the CMHC shows Canadian real estate is increasingly being bought with mortgages held by foreign buyers. Great insight, but the data is kind of dated, since it’s pre-Chinese crackdown on capital flight.
Toronto Real Estate Will Get Over 57,000 New Homes In 2018
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 […]
This Week’s Top Stories: The Future of Canadian Real Estate Prices Part 2 & 3, and A Look At Condo Prices In Toronto and Vancouver
This week we talk about the Future of Canadian real estate prices, OSFI’s B-20 regulations, and condo markets in Toronto and Vancouver.
The Future of Canadian Real Estate Prices Part 3: Price Targets and Recovery
Part 3 of our notes from the CMHC “Future of Home Prices” talk focuses on combining models for price targets, using Toronto real estate as the example.
The Future of Canadian Real Estate Prices Part 2: Modeling
Canadian real estate prices won’t wait for incomes, so what’s next? Here’s part 2 of my CMHC presentation notes on the future of housing.
The Future of Canadian Real Estate Prices Part 1: Filtering Noise
The Canadian government invited me to talk about the future of Canadian real estate prices, this is part one of what I said.
CMHC Helps Build Another Vancouver…In Beijing. Ironically, It’s Also Half Empty
Vancouver real estate is so sought after in China, they built their own! Complete with concrete replicas of the city’s historic homes.
