New Condos coming to Margaret Ave in Kitchener Fresh off our discussion of the new Condos, Hotel, and Commercial real estate coming toWaterloo - the Barrel Yards, here is some information about a new development going in donwtown Kitchener at 30-40 Margaret Ave. I happen to think it’s a great addition to the area! Read [...]
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News on the Barrel Yards Development in Waterloo, Ontario
Condos, Hotel & Offices coming to Uptown Waterloo The Record has an article in this morning’s paper about a major development underway in Waterloo, Ontario – The Barrel Yards – which will bring the Kitchener Waterloo real estate market some very high quality product over the next few years When completed, the Barrel Yards – [...]
Update on the Real Estate Market in Canada – June 2010
A smart real estate investor is one who is educated on what’s going on with the market. So, what is going on with the residential real estate market in Canada? Let’s turn to my friend Jay Papasan, with this month’s update This Month in Real Estate – Keller Williams International Canada’s economy continues to remain stronger [...]
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 [...]
For the video-inclined: Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate, March 2010
We just looked at the statistics for the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate market in March 2010; now, lets delve into it a bit deeper with a video. I also talk about the new mortgage rules from CMHC affecting everyone in Canada (see: How will CMHC’s new mortgage rules impact real estate investors in Canada?). Click [...]
Update: Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market, March 2010
Monthly/Yearly Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate MLS Stats for March 2010 - Residential KW real estate sales UP 47.1% and 52.3% for the year. Best March EVER with 731 homes sold in Kitchener Waterloo Days on market is down from 55 to 43 for the year. Sales to active ratio 25.8% was 16.2% in 2009, meaning 1 in 4 listed [...]
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 [...]
