Stan Humphries, author and chief economist at Zillow, a web-based real estate service, used data collected from the website to examine common assumptions about how to invest in property. “Up to now, our real estate behaviour has been an area that’s been…
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Booming Real Estate – Are You Scared?
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There is no end to the rising Canadian real estate market. Everything seems to be in a “booming mode”. On the other side, the reality seems to point to a different picture. Builders are confident. Statistics Canada says Canadian municipalities issued…
Farmland: Up 20% in one year
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It is a real estate asset, and it is not your house. In the span of one year Canadian farmland has increased in value by 20%. Is this good or bad? It depends on your point of view. If you…
Home prices keep going up. For how long?
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The Canadian Real Estate Association reported once again numbers suggesting home buyers are not scared of anything and are prepared to pay big bucks for that dream home. July is traditionally the busiest month for home buyers. Despite numerous warnings…
Are you sitting on “a house of cards”?
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Are Canadians crazy about real estate? Maybe. Zoocasa – the rival of Realtor.ca – has conducted a poll with 1,000 Canadians in early June. The results show that 84% of them think about real estate on a regular basis, and…
Housing market: potential buyers are having a second thought
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Buy now or wait for home prices to drop more? Such a question tortures everyone, who is planning to purchase a home. Prices may go down a bit, but they may stay at the current level for an extended period…
Who said real estate in BC is too expensive?
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Everybody says so! Of course, Vancouver is pricey. But still there are homes in BC for sale even under $100K. Vancouver Sun did a simple search on Realtor.ca for cheap homes and came out with 14 homes. The Canadian Real…
Should I buy? Should I sell? Should I wait?
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Buyer’s vs. Seller’s Market There is a lot of talk in the media: ‘Sky is falling in Canadian Real Estate’. The market is going to ‘crash’, etc, etc. The consensus is that the Canadian economy and bank system are more…
Condos – higher risk to lenders
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Condos are fashionable, in demand, and builders seems to prefer them too. Younger couples, single professionals and retirees – they all see condos as convenient and desirable accommodation. But let’s not fool ourselves – condos are not the perfect real…
Do you dare to bid?
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Real estate bargains on eBay Once eBay was a novelty. People used to called it an online flee market or an electronic garage sale. They were suspicious of scams, but eBay has since matured into a very serious business market…