Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. sees very limited speculation in the condominium industry in Toronto among builders, a situation unlike the 1980s when the marketcrashed. In a report out Tuesday, CMHC, the Crown corporation that guides Ottawa on …
Risk of speculation in Toronto condos mitigated by presales: CMHC
“1980s style housing bubble for Condo”?
CMHC does have a good sense of humor, eh?
Why did I say that?
To beign with, I didn’t know we had a significant “Condo” market during the 80s.
As far as I know, dwellings back then means houses with front yard and back yard (never mind the size).
There was hardly any “condo” during the 80s. To me, there was no such thing as “condo” back then. What was available in the highrise category meant for dwelling purpose are what we call “apartments”, typically for rental purpose.
Save for those with financial constraint (or perhaps other circumstantial reasons), I have never come across any family telling me they chose to buy/live in an apartment back in the old days.
Back to CMHC’s claim that there will be no 1980s style Housing Bubble for Condo … My question is how could there be a problem on something that didn’t exist in the first place?
Anyway, foreigners continue to buy Canadian real estate like there is no tomorrow … What slowdown?
Recent data has emerged citing that British Columbia is the latest province to experience a huge wave of foreign real estate investment. Earlier reports have shown how foreign investment in Canada’s real estate has peaked in recent times, with …
Foreign capital drives Vancouver commercial real estate buying boom
The Province – Jul 18, 2016
Canada’s reputation as a haven for capital continues to stoke foreign and domesticinvestments in commercial real estate, according to recent reports and commentary by Vancouver experts. The average national cap rate, a measure of real estate value to …
But Wall Street Journal continues to blow up the “Bubble” … WSJ must be the Chicken Little?
OTTAWA—Low interest rates around the world are fueling a familiar threat of housing bubbles, and central bankers in a number of key economies feel powerless to stop them.
It seems like Metro Vancouver home prices are constantly on the rise, with no affordable end in sight. But according to market analyst Ross Kay, Founder of Ross Kay Realty Consultants and creator of The Wealthy Homeowner programs, Junehousing data …
Huffington Post Canada – Jul 19, 2016Matthew and Vanessa Pitcairn are fast outgrowing their apartment in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond. Matt was born in the city. A fixture in the community, he works for the local chamber of commerce and ran for school board in 2014; Vanessa, who works …
Looks like the only place having a slowdown is our oil sand Mecca …
The value of Canadian building permitsissued in May dropped 1.9 per cent from April, in part due to sharply weaker construction intentions in energy-producing Alberta, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
Calgary’s apartment sales slumped last month, falling by over a fifth of what they were at this time last year. But the city is still one of Canada’s priciest when it comes to renting apartments. Cowtown was third on the list of most expensive places …
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S0, is 2016 going to be a tumultuous one for the real estate sector or not? Of course not … Who says? Guess everyone in the real estate business except maybe journos … eg. Wall Street Journal – Today’s Chicken Little.
By Corruption Victim of City of Toronto It was comforting to hear the assuring statement by Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg: – Officials say London inferno won’t happen in Toronto : Strict building codes and inspections should prevent similar infernos “Here in Ontario we are fortunate to have the comprehensive fire protection and fire safety measures that are contained in the building code ,” He further explains residential building in the province must be constructed with non-combustible construction (in accordance with the Ontario Building Code ) ie. be built out of materials that don’t burn. Of particular interest here is the fact that the Fire Chief himself confirmed Fire Code refers to Building Code to determine building safety . In another word, building that contravened the building Code in fire safety also violated the Fire Code (under the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997). Unfortunately, an inquiry with Toronto Fire Prevention revealed the responsible...
A rundown old house with a hodge podge of apartments in Roncesvalles Village drew crowds last week when it was listed with an asking price of $769,000. The property at 52 Harvard Ave. drew five competing bids and sold for $913,000. The owner purchased the house in 1988 for $135,000, he says. “It’s gone from pandemonium to just a heavy frenzy,” he says. Read more http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Don’t not wish to join the Bull Run ? Sorry, you ain’t got no choice, because it takes … $430,000 to live in a former glue factory in the Junction Triangle Address: 371 Wallace Avenue , Suite 22 Neighbourhood: Dovercourt-Wallace-Emerson-Junction Price: $434,900 The Place: A one-bedroom unit in Wallace Station Hard Lofts, a former glue factory that takes its name from a now-defunct railway station.
Inside Canada’s vibrant Rio Olympic House by Yabu Pushelberg by Lauren Ro For the first time ever, the Canada Olympic House , the Rio home base for Canadian Olympians and their friends and family, was designed by Canadians. Ontario natives George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, who are best known for their luxury hotel, residential, and commercial interiors like the Four Seasons Toronto and Park Hyatt New York, simply asked the Canadian Olympic Committee: “What can we do for Canadian athletes to showcase their country?” Yabu recalled. The deconstructed Canadian flag is made up of hundreds of hanging ribbons.
Previously, Renters driven to tents, rental bidding wars, and more affordability issues . More affordability stories … Forced to camp for shelter Castanet.net – Jul 9, 2016 Kelowna has a notoriously low rental vacancy rate, as low as 0.5 per cent according to some, which makes it difficult for those looking to rent something affordable. Homeless camps in Abbotsford Image Source Potential condo buyers camp out — in Abbotsford? CBC.ca – Jul 9, 2016 Given Metro Vancouver’s red-hot housing market, the sight of anxious buyers camped out in front of a condo development isn’t considered all that unusual … About 20 prospective buyers are lined up for Fraser Valley condos; some have waited close to 2 weeks.
Bubble? What bubble? Toronto condo sales booming once again The overall resale market was blazingly hot in the opening months of 2014. In the 416 area code, the average price for a detached house in April hit $965,670 for a 13.2-per-cent jump from April, 2013. The average semi jumped an even more eye-popping 18 per cent in the same period to $702,332 from April of 2013. The average price for a resale condo unit in April was $384,758, which was a slim 1.8-per-cent increase from April of 2013. Anecdotally, we’ve been hearing how strongly sales of condo units in Toronto bounced back in the first quarter of 2014. Investors swarmed some condo sales centres as soon as new projects were launched. In the resale market, some sellers were choosing among competing buyers for the first time in a long while. Data this week from Urbanation Inc. puts some numbers to the rebound: The market research firm says sales of new condo units soared 88 per cent to 5,140 in the first quarter, compared with the ...
Vancouver, Vancouver, Vancouver. I always wonder why do foreign investors, particularly those from China are so obsessed with this city … Fengshui? Image Source Foreign investment has impact on Vancouver housing market, say researchers
Jonathan Manthorpe believes there is a direct line linking the explosive real estate bubbles in Toronto and Vancouver and how secure Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on his throne. How China’s Politics Messing Up Canadian Real Estate Markets The evidence — the vast amount of money being spirited out of China by relatives, friends and cronies of the Red Aristocracy around Xi — suggests he’s set to tumble . Last year about $US1 trillion was spirited out of China by Communist Party leaders and their hangers-on, in defiance of currency regulations. Image Source They clearly do not feel the regime is secure and want their assets hidden away in stable overseas havens like Canada, the United States, Australia or Europe. Sounds like it’s not “London Bridge is falling down”, its “The Great Wall is tumbling down”?
Toronto condo builders complain they get as little respect as Rob Ford because market misjudged Builders of Toronto condominiums get as little respect these days as the embattled mayor, according to one of the city’s largest high-rise developers. “I almost know what Rob Ford feels some days because people are always taking runs at the guy,” Barry Fenton, chief executive officer of Lanterra Developments, said at the Bloomberg Canada Economic Summit Tuesday. “The truth of it is we’re good, the market is really healthy still and we have a long ways to go on the upside.” Toronto, whose mayor entered a rehabilitation center after admitting smoking crack cocaine, is in the midst of a building boom. The city of 2.8 million people has more condo towers under construction than any other North American city, according to industry researcher Emporis GmbH, fuelling speculation the market is in a bubble. Deutsche Bank AG said in a December 2013 report that Canadian real estate is 60% overvalued, wi...
But do they even have the what it takes to purchase a 300 square feet cookie cutter condo ? Young Canadians to put their money where their house is: RBC poll Young Canadians feel that housing remains a very good investment, according to the 21 st Annual RBC Home Ownership Poll. Nearly nine-in-ten (86 per cent) of those aged 25-34 believe that owning a house or condo is a very good investment, up from less than eight-in-ten (78 per cent) in 2013. This sentiment has echoed into buying intention, as likelihood to purchase has increased in nearly every region in the country. Interest from the 25-34 age group has increased significantly from one-in-four (25 per cent) in 2013 to nearly half (41 per cent) of respondents in 2014. This change in buying intention points to a renewed confidence in young buyers who may have felt that buying wasn’t an option last year. “The increase in the number of those who feel the housing market is a good investment, as well as the number of those w...
Today everyone in the realty business is citing this particular story by HuffPost: – Best Cities To Invest In Real Estate? Those Would Be Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary Image Source The Huffington Post Canada Canadian cities top the world for the real estate markets that make the best bet for long-term investment, according to a study from U.K. property developer Grosvenor — but they may not be such a great investment in the short term. Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary took the top three spots, respectively, on the survey that aims to measure which real estate markets are the most resilient, and therefore make the best long-term investment. “Canada, as a whole, is doing exceptionally well in developing resiliency,” Richard Barkham, group research director at Grosvenor, said in a statement. “The top three most-resilient cities in Grosvenor’s Resiliency index are Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. For investors in property and real estate, it makes Canada a very sound long-term ...
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