Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 27, 2013 RealNet Canada Inc. today announced results for the GVA commercial real estate investment market for the first quarter of 2013. … Continue Reading.REALNET ® News
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Commercial Real Estate Investments Decline in First Quarter of 2013
Posted on May 28, 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 27, 2013 RealNet Canada Inc. today announced results for the GVA commercial real estate investment market for the first quarter of 2013. … Continue Reading.A taller, smaller and more expensive housing market
Posted on May 27, 2013
Fewer new homes being delivered today will affect the region’s housing market tomorrow. But with so many new condominium buildings cropping up across the GTA, how is it possible that we’re creating fewer new homes today than a decade ago?
New bottom for Toronto low-rise home sales
Posted on May 27, 2013
RealNet Canada Inc. said there were 987 new single, semi-detached and townhouses sold in the GTA last month. Year-to-date sales are the second worse ever and 30% below the long-term average. … Continue Reading.In Toronto, “Low Rise” Vs. “High Rise” Living? About C$194,000
Posted on May 27, 2013
The dream of owning a new home with a yard and white picket fence is fading for many in Toronto, thanks to a widening price gap between houses and condos. … Continue Reading.Calgary Commercial Real Estate investment activity returns to normal in Q1 2013
Posted on May 10, 2013
Calgary, Alberta, Canada – May 10, 2013 After a near record in the fourth quarter of 2012, investment activity in the Greater Calgary commercial real estate investment market experienced a return to a level consistent with the ten year average. … Continue Reading.Real Insights – Toronto Star
Supply of lowrise homes continues to dwindle
Posted on May 8, 2013
A total of 5,570 new homes were sold across the GTA in the first quarter of 2013, making it the second lowest quarter on record. Only the first quarter of 2009 — in the depths of the financial downturn — saw lower totals, with 3,050 homes sold. … Continue Reading.REALNET® Releases Q1 Report: Real Estate Investments Down
Posted on April 24, 2013
“GTA Commercial Real Estate Investments Decline in First Quarter of 2013.” That is the latest headline from RealNet Canada‘s first quarter report, announcing results for the GTA real estate investment market. … Continue Reading.A High-Rising Exposure
Posted on April 24, 2013
Investors who snapped up Taylor Morrison Home Corp.’s shares when it recently went public might want to start rooting for Toronto to skirt a condo bust. … Continue Reading.GTA Commercial Real Estate Investments Decline in First Quarter of 2013
Posted on April 23, 2013
Toronto, Ontario, Canada – April 22, 2013 RealNet Canada Inc. today announced results for the GTA commercial real estate investment market for the first quarter of 2013. Overall market activity was down 8% compared to the same period last year however investment activity remained 1 … Continue Reading.Toronto posts record sales drop of land for residential development
Posted on April 23, 2013
Investments in such land fell 45 per cent from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year, according to new data from RealNet Canada Inc. … Continue Reading.Condo market still too hot for Bank of Canada’s comfort
Posted on April 18, 2013
Canada’s condo market may be cooling, but it’s still too hot for the Bank of Canada’s comfort. … Continue Reading.Real Insights – Toronto Star
Construction cranes are intensification in action
Posted on April 2, 2013
As you move around the GTA, you’ve no doubt noticed all the condominium buildings under construction. Does it seem like there are more of them going up today than ever before? And that they are being built in places they’ve never been built before — no longer just downtown, but throug … Continue Reading.Commercial Real Estate Investment Activity in the Greater Vancouver Area Reaches Second Highest Level on Record in 2012
Posted on March 4, 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – March 4, 2013 – During 2012 there were 1,298 transactions in excess of $1 million totaling $4.85 billion of investment activity in the Greater Vancouver Area, representing the second highest level of investment on record for the region after … Continue Reading.Calgary commercial real estate sales top $4.8 billion in 2012
Posted on February 26, 2013
CALGARY — The Greater Calgary real estate market accelerated its recovery from 2009, climbing by 81 per cent in terms of overall investment dollar volume in 2012 from the previous year, says a report by RealNet Canada.
GTA still a tale of two markets
Posted on February 26, 2013
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2013 /CNW/ – The GTA’s tale of two markets was even more prevalent in the tally of new home sales in January 2013, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today. … Continue Reading.Calgary Commercial Real Estate Investment increases by 80% in 2012
Posted on February 22, 2013
Calgary, Alberta, Canada – February 19, 2013 – The Greater Calgary real estate market accelerated its recovery from 2009, climbing by 80% in terms of overall investment dollar volume from the previous year. … Continue Reading.Real Insights – Toronto Star
Land use policies causing shift in home prices
Posted on February 22, 2013
There is no doubt that the intensification of development in the GTA has created a significant and growing price gap between lowrise and highrise homes.
To fully understand what’s been happening to the GTA market, it’s essential to note the behaviour of both … Continue Reading.
Toronto Offices Passing NYC on Cheap Funding: Mortgages
Posted on February 1, 2013
Toronto will add more prime office space in 2014 than almost any other city in the Americas as developers take advantage of low borrowing costs to meet demand from companies such as Google Inc. More than 1.59 million square feet of so- … Continue Reading.New home sales in 2012 are adding up: BILD
Posted on January 31, 2013
They say hindsight is 20/20. For the new homes market in the GTA, a look back at 2012 does provide some clarity — but only if you look at what happened in the highrise and lowrise sectors together across the GTA. … Continue Reading.Toronto new home sales plummet 50% in a year
Posted on January 25, 2013
New home sales continue to plummet in the Greater Toronto Area with the latest statistics from RealNet Canada Inc. showing a 52.1% drop in sales in December from a year ago.
At the same time inventory levels continue to rise year over year with unsold inventory in December climbing 29.1% … Continue Reading.
Toronto condo market returned to normal in 2012
Posted on January 25, 2013
Sales of lowrise homes in 2012 plummeted to the second-lowest level since 2000, while the GTA condo market experienced its fourth best year on record, according to a report released this week by RealNet Canada Inc.
“We’re dealing with a detached reality,” notes RealNet president Ge … Continue Reading.
Real Insights – Toronto Star
Dealing with a detached reality
Posted on January 25, 2013
Earlier this week, RealNet Canada and the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) released the official and comprehensive new-home market results for 2012.
A strategic review of those results suggests the formation of a market condition that’s best described as “det … Continue Reading.
Epoch Times: GTA new home market apartment bungalow gap
Posted on January 24, 2013
(In Mandarin) … Continue Reading.Sing Tao: Ontario to tighten land supply and the cumbersome land grant procedures stifle the property market
Posted on January 24, 2013
(In Mandarin) … Continue Reading.BNN Business Day – January 24, 2013 : Outlook for Canada’s housing sector
Posted on January 24, 2013
BNN speaks with George Carras, President, RealNet Canada. … Continue Reading.
