This video by MLA Canada, a top notch real estate marketing company, is really quite good. Only criticism is their miscalculation of how much it would take for the Metro Vancouver market to normalize.
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Why are there Real Estate Risk Assessments?
RBC recently released their periodic Housing Health Check. It is very similar to a quarterly CMHC Housing Market Assessment, but their dashboard is more detailed in some ways. The fact that RBC, the largest Canadian mortgage lender and CMHC the largest provider of mortgage default insurance have created these early warning systems should tell you that there is real risk in the real estate market.
6 tips for buying a home in uncertain times
There is a lot of uncertainty in Canadian real estate markets these days. You could try to time the market, but nobody knows the best time to buy. So if you are looking for a place to call your own then take advantage of these tips to reduce your risk.
Millennial innovators take note - Renters are more likely to become entrepreneurs
A 2017 study in the UK has found a link between renting and entrepreneurship. If you have dreams of creating the new Facebook or Apple, you may not want to jump into home ownership. Find out why.
What the heck is going on in Vancouver real estate?
How bad is the supply shortage? Is the market really down? Where is it likely headed? Answer these questions and more.
How Un-likely is a Canadian Financial Crisis?
Many people have come to believe that buying a home is a “no-brainer” way to make hundreds of thousands of dollars with very little risk. House values are at record highs and some economists believe the Canadian economy is at risk of a Financial Crisis. Other economists downplay the risks and believe the worry-warts are overreacting.
How likely is a Canadian Financial Crisis?
Many people have come to believe that buying a home is a “no-brainer” way to make hundreds of thousands of dollars with very little risk. House values are at record highs and the Canadian economy is at risk of a Financial Crisis, so there is more risk in real estate than people realize.
Updated B.C. Home Price Forecasts
Royal Bank and the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) have issued house price predictions conflict with each other. CREA anticipates 2018 will see a bigger drop than they had predicted in their December 2017 forecast, while RBC raised its forecast by 0.5% for 2018 but expects the tide will turn in 2019.