KW Employment Growth up 7.8% Some encouraging news for real estate investors looking to buy investment property in an area with a strong job market. Kitchener Waterloo is growing while many economies across Canada slow down. Remember Ben’s Rule of Rental Real Estate: Buy rental property in strong job markets, near major employers From Daily [...]
Kitchener-Waterloo Employment Growth outpaces rest of Canada in July
Local News looks at Why REIN named Kitchener Waterloo #1 place to invest in Ontario
Last night CTV ran a story on the recent Real Estate Investment Network report naming Kitchener Waterloo (or KW) the #1 investment destination for real estate investors in Ontario (see: Top 9 Reasons You Should Invest in Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate). I spoke with CTV at the Keller Williams office yesterday morning, and they also [...]
Top 9 Reasons You Should Invest in KW Real Estate
KW Tops REIN Top 10 List Kitchener Waterloo is Ontario’s top Real Estate Investment Destination, again. Well, it’s that time of year again. Kitchener Waterloo is getting some more much deserved attention from Canadian Real Estate Investors all across the country. KW has been named the top real estate investment destination in Ontario by the [...]
Terrific news for Real Estate Investors in Waterloo
University of Waterloo to Double Size of Campus Owners of Student Housing Rejoice Back in April you read about the University of Waterloo proposed plans to double the size of campus (Is Waterloo’s Student Housing Market Being Over Built?), and today the news is announced that the plans are moving forward. This is great news [...]
Two Waterloo Region Apartment Buildings Sell For $45+ million
And we have many clients looking to buy big Waterloo Region apartment buildings - contact us today if you have one that you’d entertain offers on. $46,710,000 to be exact. Waterloo Region Apartment Buildings Fetch $46 million Killam Properties has announced the purchase of two river front Waterloo Region apartment buildings in Cambridge, totalling 225 recently built residential units. This [...]
Construction underway on many projects at University of Waterloo
We just looked at the growth plans that University of Waterloo has over the next 40 years (Is Waterloo’s Student Housing Market Being Over Built?) - they plan to double the footprint of the campus, adding potentially more than 10,000 new staff to the Unviersity (to accomodate increased enrollment) over the next few decades: On Monday, [...]
Is Waterloo’s Student Housing Market Being Over Built?
What do you think – Is Waterloo’s Student Housing Market Being Over Built? Thousands of beds built recently in Kitchener Waterloo – can you still profit from investing in real estate here? find out!
Update: Waterloo Student Housing Investment Property under Development
A few weeks ago we looked at some student housing under development in Waterloo on King Street (Update on Waterloo Student Housing Under Construction) as well as some recent sales of Waterloo investment properties (Recent Investment Property Sales in Waterloo Region). I want to give you a quick update. So, last time we looked at [...]
Cash Flow Analysis of an Investment Property in Waterloo
I was just talking to a real estate investor, and we were discussing why people like investing in student rentals in Waterloo: cash flow. How much cash flow will a rental property generate? Let’s take a look at a real example of an investment property for sale on the MLS. The property generates positive cash [...]
How will CMHC’s new mortgage rules impact real estate investors in Canada?
I was speaking with a long time client today about the new CMHC mortgage rules and the impact they will have on investors and owner-occupants (people buying homes to live in personally). Take a look at this video, where we talk about how the changes to a) minimum downpayments b) qualifying interest rates c) and [...]
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