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Property Management for KW investment property

A big part of our client base lives outside of Kitchener Waterloo – other parts of Ontario, Canada, and even people living in other countries.  They are able to live   where they love, but invest where the numbers make sense because they employ quality property management companies. Even a lot of our clients who live [...]

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2009 Kitchener Waterloo Investment Real Estate Market Update

2009 was an interesting year to be buying, selling, and brokering investment real estate and apartment buildings. The turbulence in the global credit markets put a halt on a lot of lending, especially mortgages for student housing and ‘non AAA’ multi-family property.  When CMHC stopped insuring loans on ‘student housing,’ many lending institutions and banks [...]

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Report: Waterloo Vacancy Rate Falls to 1%

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) just released their Rental Market Report for the Kitchener and Guelph CMAs. This report outlines the vacancy rates, average rents, availability rates etc., and breaks the information down by category – i.e. vacancy rate for 2 bedroom apartment vs 1 bedroom apartments, or comparing rates in new apartment buildings [...]

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Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market Update: October 2009

Busy busy month! The summer and fall of 2009 has been very busy in Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario.  Real Estate sales are almost at the same level as last year, and volume is up dramatically from the same time last year.  Here is what the press release from the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Board says: A [...]

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