2020 Canadian Market Wrap Up
Thursday, January 14
January 2020 The Lower Mainland has endless supply and demand issues. The government has been doing what they have viewed as just to curtail the demand side and, unfortunately, little to improve the supply-side issues. That whole issue is an article on its own so I won't dive into it here but it'...
Stock Market or the Real Estate Market for Long Term Wealth
Tuesday, December 15
The classic debate. Stock market vs real estate market. There are arguments for both and we’ll always have people arguing you’re wrong and I’m right. At the end of the day, there is no right answer and it is different for everyone depending on your situation. As you get more established you’re go...
Should I Invest in the Stock Market or Buy a Principal Residence
Friday, November 06
Over the years we have worked with a variety of individuals and every once in a while come across a few who have a good amount of money in the stock market (100k+) and are hesitant to pull that money out to use as a downpayment as they fear they will miss out on some profits. I wanted to write th...
Short, Mid & Long Term Rental Analysis in Vancouver, BC
Wednesday, September 16
The following article was written by the property management company, Hostgenius and investment realtor, Logan Crowder. The two worked together in order to clearly display the differences in return on investment you can expect operating a rental in the Vancouver market. Acquiring investment prope...
The Cycle That Commercial Real Estate Markets go Through
Tuesday, August 25
The economy (nationally and globally) goes through cycles and so does real estate. Commercial and residential market cycles are completely different because commercial real estate is an investment process while residential real estate (homes) is a production process. Commercial real estate has tw...
The Cycle That Residential Real Estate Markets go Through
Friday, July 24
*Occupancy is used throughout this article which also means inventory available in terms of the resale market Real estate moves through quite an interesting cycle and we don't always know the timing of it or when it's going to happen but we do know that real estate moves through a cycle. The re...