SkyPoint Realty Partners Limited

03/12/2019

https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/whats-driving-toronto-area-housing-market-surge-this-time

Home sales figures for the Greater Toronto Area in October 2018 showed sales volumes up 13% over October 2018, with formerly hard hit regions rebounding.

11/08/2017

According to CBRE, Toronto’s office market has the lowest downtown vacancy rate of any major North American city, despite adding about 4.4 million square feet over the last three years.
https://goo.gl/GiZscs

18/07/2017

Many realtors say the area’s recent , bidding wars, and low inventory prompted panic among local who were fearful they would miss out as prices continued to rise.



https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/how-much-have-foreign-buyers-affected-torontos-housing-market/article35698275/

Expert opinion varies, but the provincial levy on international investment appears to be having an effect on sales patterns

18/07/2017

“The national average cap rate in each of the high-rise B, low-rise A and low-rise B subtypes compressed by 6 bps (basis points), 2 bps and 7 bps respectively over the course of the first quarter,” CBRE reports.

# Multi-family residential

Multifamily cap rates are at record lows Canada-wide, with properties in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa falling below the national average

18/07/2017

there would be a sense of people living along the street, or more storage space in - buildings for the many things that families need to find a place for.



https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouver-grapples-with-the-close-quarters-of-increasingdensity/article35703889/

​Once a land of spacious abodes, Vancouver is becoming crowded – and residents are feeling the squeeze​

05/07/2017

“Positive hiring intentions are broad based across all sectors and regions, even in energy producing regions.” - Bank of Canada

https://goo.gl/kJeVPv

30/06/2017

A is buying a 45-story tower overlooking the River, betting that the good times will continue for even amid a historic boom.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170629/CRED03/170629830/chicago-lakeshore-east-apartment-tower-selling-to-morguard

Morguard has agreed to buy Coast, a 45-story Wacker Drive building that opened in 2013.

30/06/2017

In , the average was $1,826 during the fourth quarter of last year, up 11.5 percent from $1,638 a year prior.

In Toronto, the average monthly mortgage payment was $1,826 during the fourth quarter of last year, up 11.5 per cent from $1,638 a year prior.

30/06/2017

“We know that a strong market in is one that balanced with tenants with the right conditions for continued in rental by landlords,” she told reporters Friday.

The Ontario Ministry of Housing set the rate Friday based on the provincial consumer price index, which measures inflation.

27/06/2017

With the overall Canadian Index (CPI) rising just 1.3% annually in May and US dipping to 1.9%, a near-term Canadian rate hike seems highly unlikely.

https://goo.gl/T2kMR5