Usually the term “a perfect storm” refers to a highly negative scenario.

One definition says a perfect storm is “an especially bad situation caused by a combination of unfavourable circumstances”.

I’d like to turn that around, because right now there’s a perfect storm of scenarios impacting real estate market and they’re overwhelmingly favourable for property investors and for real estate growth, while being extremely unfavourable for anyone looking for a place to rent.

Right now, real estate markets are being impacted by a well-entrenched imbalance between supply and demand – and it’s becoming increasingly pronounced.