I know that this is no different, depending on the disctricts or the class of the neighbourhoods, however, when the total population of a region with around 300x100 miles is around 440K people, its hard to understand these variations.Also, because the place is small, we have investors and buyers coming from everywhere to buy everywhere, but with the huge differences in income between the people living in the big cities (Lisbon, Porto) and the rest of the population, its EXTREMELY hard to find deals.Also, i think this happened worldwide, construction prices spiked and, being small and not having that much competition, it makes it very hard to get competitive quotes... so even being small, there's a shortage of homes...Home owning is very encouraged here in Portugal, rentals are not that popular.

While I was reading about the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2024 on the PwC website, it became evident that this year marks a pivotal shift in the commercial real estate sector.

It's been just three weeks into 2024, and we are observing a highly interesting and significant change in the housing sector - the "boomerang migration."

The real estate sector, currently in a state of watchful optimism, could see a shift in momentum depending on how these expected events unfold.Thoughts anyone?

For those of us who are Canadian tax-residents and own US rentals, it looks like it's not in our interest to use the 1031 exchange either because of CRA's claim on worldwide income and double taxation:Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges for Canadian Residents - Altro LLP (altrolaw.com)"As Canadian residents have the obligation to file and report their worldwide income to the CRA, they must report the sale of U.S. property on their Canadian tax returns.

As always Bakersfield is still a top player in the farming and oil sectors as well, but less so in oil in the recent past given CA's stance on oil.  

The demand for housing in the area has been on the rise, driven by the influx of professionals associated with the military, healthcare, education, and corporate sectors. 

Being Non-Legislative means they can't shut down your Club like they could shut down a business so your constitutional right to provide products and services inside the membership is intact.Many businesses that learn of Private-Domain rights will stop doing business in the public sector because their entities are no longer swayed by the ever changing rules and regulations of the legislature.   

Weird huh....You are obtaining an institutionally sound financial instrument where you can do banking.... a fancy way of saying ... a "checking account" within a small segment of the Life Insurance sector where you have total control and complete access.This IBC account exists outside the banking sector and wall street and is NOT a government-partnership program....I could go on..... 

Any new projects started at current prices would not allow companies to break even, so we will likely see a reduction in new oil projects started in 2017/18, further reductions in jobs within that sector, and more people moving out of province and the industry.We can expect more people out of work who can no longer afford their mortgages and more landlords who are looking to get rid of properties with negative cash flow as rents drop due to vacancies and competition for tenants.