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 [...]
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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 [...]
Keynes vs Hayek: the Rap Battle of Economic Boom and Bust
This is a pretty good video, explaining two major schools of economic thought, John Keynes and FA Hayek. One is a proponent of regulation, one believes in free markets. What do you think?
Savings & Retirement Plans in the New Economy
It used to be that you could work for a company for 45 years, retire with a pension to meet your needs and a gold watch to match. Nowadays, there is no such thing as job security, and and any pension or government funded retirement plans are likely not enough to keep you living the [...]
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 [...]
Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate ranked #1 again
A client sent me a link this morning to the following CBC story Waterloo area best for real estate: report Toronto ranks 8th on list Friday, October 2, 2009 | 8:43 PM CBC News The Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge area is the best place in Ontario to buy a house or invest in a business property with hopes [...]
Waterloo Chronicle reports 27.4% Increase in Home Sales
Great little article from this morning’s Waterloo Chronicle, if you missed it, on the price and volume of houses sold in the Kitchener Waterloo MLS area: Area housing sales up - May 20, 2009 There were 632 homes sold in Kitchener and Waterloo through April, a 27.4 per cent increase compared to March 2009.It marked the [...]
Light Rapid Transit in Waterloo Region
Light Rapid Transit LRT in Waterloo, Kitchener & Cambridge. How will this affect property values for Real Estate Investors in the Region ?
Transit News for Kitchener Waterloo & Cambridge
Some exciting news for the region – GO Buses will connect Waterloo Region with the Go commuter trains in Milton. GO Transit buses roll into Region this fall By Jeff Outhit WATERLOO REGION — GO Transit buses are coming to the region this fall to serve Highway 401 commuters. The buses will ferry local passengers [...]
