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Private real estate service launches in B.C.
(Photo: Aris Messinis/Getty) As Vancouver’s house prices lift off into lotus land, the debate over just how much local real estate activity is fuelled by wealthy Asian investors is getting more heated....
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Canada’s most expensive real estate markets
MoneySense, one of our sister magazines, put out its popular Canada’s Best Places to Live list last week, which I contributed to online. In doing so, I stumbled upon some interesting data—such as...
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Toronto Real Estate Board and Competition Bureau clash
(Illo: Daniel Hertzberg) Those who work in the real estate industry are not known for being subtle. Witness the garish advertisements featuring oversized agent headshots, the aggressive market...
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Canada’s most expensive neighbourhoods
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the 10 most expensive real estate markets in Canada. A number of readers mentioned to me that a list of neighbourhoods, as opposed to cities, would be more helpful....
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House prices: 9 reasons not to panic
(Illo: Alberto Ruggieri/Getty) With the mainstream financial media now sounding a shrill alarm about the Canadian housing bubble, is it time to sell the house? Unless you’re transferring to a new job,...
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Cooling Canada’s housing market
(Photo: C.J. Burton) There are many tricks to herding cattle. You’ve got to know how they move and think, the limits to their peripheral vision, and how to manipulate their comfort zone to your...
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Quiz: How well do you know Canada’s housing market?
You’ve probably read a story or two about Canada’s housing market recently, quite possibly here at Canadian Business. Without giving away any answers to this quiz, it’s safe to say that prices have...
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When will housing Armageddon arrive?
Canadian house prices were up on a month-to-month basis in April (0.8%) and March (0.5%), according to the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index released today (May 30). On a...
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Housing crash predictions using wrong indicators
(Photo: Getty Images) Some people say Canadian house prices are about to experience a U.S.-style crash, even though indicators like the RBC Housing Affordability Measures show overvaluation is modest...
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Real estate as an inflation hedge
(Photo: Image Source/Getty Images) Of late, I’ve been arguing that there is a pervasive notion afoot that Canadian real estate is overvalued. But an exclusive focus on valuation could lead market...
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Housing bears make more unsubstantiated claims
(Photo: Gregor Schuster/Getty) I’ve looked previously at some of the arguments made by the housing bears, for example in “Housing crash predictions using wrong indicators.” I would now like to look at...
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Canada’s housing crash begins
(Photo: Sam Javanrouh) In just one year, Vancouver house prices have dropped by 12%, and unit sales are plummeting in both Vancouver and Toronto. Here’s how we see the housing meltdown will evolve in...
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Canada’s housing crash begins
(Photo: Sam Javanrouh) Last spring, Keith Roy noticed his phone wasn’t ringing so often. The Vancouver real estate agent typically booked at least 10 showings a week for the properties he sells in the...
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Three of the coolest new condos coming to Toronto
I expect most Torontonians know there are a whole lot of new buildings going up in their city—it’s hard to miss all the cranes—but I’ve heard my fair share of complaints. Chief among them is a distaste...
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Why a housing crash is not imminent
(Photo: C.J. Burton) It’s quite a sight to see the housing bears hail recent softness in the Canadian housing market as the beginning of a U.S.-style meltdown. But how can a crash be imminent when the...
View ArticleAnother property investment scam in Alberta?
Offering 6% annual returns, the limited partnerships in office buildings and other properties promoted by Calgary-based Platinum Equities never seemed too good to be true. They sounded like solid,...
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Housing markets and market timing
(Photo: John Knill/Getty) Market timing appears to be alive and well in the housing sector. Some homeowners have sold their dwellings and taken up renting because they expect prices to fall. Similarly,...
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5 reasons to be careful about wanting a housing crash
(Photo: Paul Bradbury/Getty) I’m starting to get scooped now. For the longest time it seemed as if I was the only one foolhardy enough to question the doomsters’ viewpoints on the Canadian housing...
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Housing market correcting, not collapsing, says Rosenberg
(Illo: Alberto Ruggieri/Getty) The Canadian housing market may be correcting but not collapsing. In his Nov. 22 market report, Gluskin Sheff economist David Rosenberg draws attention to a Globe and...
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Condo buyers breaking contracts as prices fall
Construction cranes as seen in Vancouver’s Yaletown district. (Photo: The Canadian Press Images/Bayne Stanley) As the country’s housing market weakens, one consequence could be a spike in condo...
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