When you think of real estate development in small towns, what do you imagine? For most investors, large land parcels with massive master-planned communities are the first thing to come to mind. Proportionately, this type of development is responsible for bringing a lot of units to market in the past few market cycles. It may not be especially well-suited to meet the changing demands we've seen in the Greater Toronto Area as a result of the "urban exodus" phenomena I wrote about... [read more]

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Canadian Real Estate Market Report Summary April 2022  The growth in house prices during March 2022 remained robust, although the rate of change has declined substantially from February. Month-over-month price gains slowed from 5.3% last month to 2.2% this month.  The apartment category is still pretty strong. Second-highest ever m-o-m change. Daniel believes this is driven by two factors - the reopening of dense urban centers and the pivot to entry-level condos that may... [read more]

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I’m going to outline the 3 housing buyer groups most impacted by current market conditions… which are: house prices rising stock market declining declining interest rates If you’d prefer to read this in tweets click here: https://twitter.com/WTFoch/status/1237721132113018886 If you’d prefer to watch me talk about this in less than 1 minute, check out my IG story: https://www.instagram.com/danielfoch/ 1. Small-cap investors: Small cap... [read more]