Andrew is getting really annoyed with condo investors who keep making this silly mistake and he’s pleading with investors to stop. Find out what he’s so fired up about on this episode and what you should do instead Related Links 3 part podcast series on assignments - part 1, part 2, part 3 Click Here [...]
Realtor.ca is the official site of the Canadian Real Estate Association and is the best place to find real estate listings for sale in Canada. Alexa ranks Realtor.ca as one of the top-50 websites in Canada by traffic. I personally use Realtor.ca and the Realtor.ca iPhone app every week, however there are some major shortcomings [...]
A recent report says that nearly half of all condos in Toronto are cash flow negative. Is this cause for concern? Should investors be worried? How important is cash flow when investing and how should investors interpret this data? EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS 1:00 44% of investors with a mortgage possession in 2017 are in a negative [...]
November 21, 2017 / by Andrew la Fleur /News, Videos
https://alafleur.wistia.com/medias/t2m5bf6vw1 Click here to read the original article: http://business.financialpost.com/real-estate/haider-moranis-bulletin-why-rent-control-is-a-false-cure-for-housing-shortages TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1: This next article is from the Financial Post, and the headline is Haider-Moranis Bulletin: Why rent control is a false cure for housing shortages. This article is written by an associate professor at Ryerson University who is looking at the real estate markets, [...]
The Bank of Canada has raised interest rates this month for the first time since 2010. Will there be more rate increases in the months ahead? Is this the beginning of the end for the Toronto real estate market or is there reason to be skeptical and could interest rates actually come back down? Mortgage [...]
Toronto ranked 8th in a recent report ranking the world’s top financial centres. This is the highest ranking Toronto has ever achieved and the first time Toronto has been in the top 10. Toronto is now second only to New York for cities in North America. What does this mean for condo investors? Listen to [...]
Recently we’ve seen the return of the 2.99% 5-year fixed rate mortgages and a huge surprise was when one lender announced an incredible 1.99% 3-year variable rate mortgage. Wow! So what do the mortgage rate wars mean to condo investors? It’s all good news, that’s for sure. 1. Low interest rates are great for your bottom […]
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Why The Mortgage Rate Wars Are Great For Condo Investors
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Recently we’ve seen the return of the 2.99% 5-year fixed rate mortgages and a huge surprise was when one lender announced an incredible 1.99% 3-year variable rate mortgage. Wow! So what do the mortgage rate wars mean to condo investors? It’s all good news, that’s for sure. 1. Low interest rates are great for your bottom […]
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