Niagara Housing Market Review
The city of Niagara Falls, situated in the regional municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario in Canada, is currently experiencing a decline in housing sales performance due to higher sales prices and higher mortgage rates. Among Niagara residents, single detached houses are highly preferred for home ownership. Of the total 35,775 dwellings, 67% are single-detached houses…
Read moreKitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge Housing Market Review
Kitchener, and Waterloo and Cambridge (KWC), Southern Ontario’s Tri-City, is dubbed as “Canada’s Silicon Valley” for being the home of various information technology companies. But now, the three cities are also slowly making their mark in the housing industry even though the performance of their housing market is not as robust as the other active…
Read moreCalgary Housing Market Review
Calgary, the third largest municipality in Canada, continues to be a competitive alternate to Toronto and Vancouver among real estate buyers and investors. Buyers are witnessing economic development in the city as there is easier access to real estate projects and higher cap rates. For example, as of the third quarter of 2017, cap rates…
Read moreEdmonton Housing Market: The 2018 Investor Research Report
Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, is experiencing improvements in its overall economic condition, which is expected to impact the city’s housing market in 2018. According to the municipal census, many of the residents prefer to dwell in single-detached houses (201,463 residents) and four-story apartments or condos (93,108 residents). Moreover, 36,214 residents prefer to live in…
Read moreHamilton Housing Market Review
The housing market in the City of Hamilton, also known as the “Steel Capital of Canada,” is approaching vulnerable levels in 2018. This is fueled by price increases, overvaluation of properties, and low housing demand. Comparing the data from January 2018 and data from the same month last year, house prices increased for residential and…
Read moreThe Importance of Alternative Investments to Canadians
What Are Alternative Investments? Offering different values and rate of returns, alternative investments are complex non-traditional investment assets that do not fall under stocks, bonds, and cash. They can be in the form of tangible assets such as equity, real estate, hedge funds, and financial derivatives, or personal possessions like precious metals, antiques, wines, coins,…
Read moreA Comprehensive Guide on How To Get A Mortgage In Canada
A mortgage is a legal agreement between a mortgage lender and mortgage borrower, where the former lends money to the latter at flexible terms. It has a cost determined using current industry rates. According to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, your mortgage payments will first cover for the loan’s interest as well as taxes…
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