I feel like I've been generally about as exhaustive as I can be about the impact/existence of the "urban exodus" in the GTA, but you can expect a little bit more data in the future. The team at informedrealtor.com is putting together a visual timeline video. BlogTO & Zoocasa posted a great map detailing price growth across the GTA that echoed my original exodus mapping project. From my perspective, price is the more important metric than individual or household... [read more]

  Status is online Daniel Foch Real estate. 32 articles   I’ve heard a lot of anecdotal comparison alluding to 2021’s similarity to 2017. While I do feel the same phenomena in consumer sentiment that many are describing, I felt compelled to see whether or not we could learn something from the data between these two points in time. On the qualitative side, I’ve heard reports of, or... [read more]

The role of home ownership in asset allocation CIO Daily Updates by Chief Investment Office01 Oct 2020 Thought of the day The specter of a global recession has haunted housing markets for years. For a vast majority of households, housing is a crucial stepping stone on the path to reaching their financial lifetime goals and an important vehicle for passing on wealth to later generations. As such, housing is an important component in the... [read more]

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Link to article: https://www.greaterfool.ca/2020/11/12/outta-here-4/ Exerpt: Realtor Daniel Foch, a house-slinger from north of Toronto, did some interesting plotting recently. He tracked 211 deals reported by the real estate board in the course of one day, following the links between the sale address and the agent’s office address, showing the path of buyer migration. It’s an exodus, he says, from the urban core to the fringes. To the east Durham was a big winner.... [read more]