The Canadian Real Estate News Podcast

Episode 5: Canadian Real Estate News!

This week there were three interesting stories regarding: foreign buyers, the underused housing tax, and rate cuts from the Bank of Canada.

Join me while I discuss these stories and click the links if you'd like to read them for yourself!

Foreign Buyers:

https://globalnews.ca/news/10076350/foreign-buyer-ban-impact-2023/

Underused Housing Tax:

https://betterdwelling.com/canada-hides-its-vacant-home-count-with-last-minute-registration-delay-again/

Rate Cuts:

https://www.canadianmortgagetrends.com/2023/11/market-participants-expect-first-rate-cut-as-early-as-april-2024/

Write to the show with your thoughts on these recent changes in Canadian Real Estate!

Email: [email protected] with your thoughts!

Episode 4: Canadian Real Estate News!

This week there were three interesting stories regarding: negative amortization, farmland and buyer's markets.

Join me while I discuss these stories and click the links below if you'd like to read them for yourself!

Negative Amortization:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mortgage-negative-amortization-1.6986214

Farmland:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-real-estate-farmland-agriculture-1.7012778

Write to the show with your thoughts on these recent changes in Canadian Real Estate!

Email: [email protected] with your thoughts!

Episode 3: Canadian Real Estate News!

This week there were three interesting stories regarding: wholesaling, air bnb, and the Bank of Canada.

Join me while I discuss these stories and click the links below if you'd like to read them for yourself!

Wholesaling:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/cash-for-houses-go-public-1.7003796

Air BnB in BC:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/short-term-rentals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZf1Si5KyE8

The Bank of Canada:

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2023/10/fad-press-release-2023-10-25/

Write to the show with your thoughts on these recent changes in Canadian Real Estate!

Email: [email protected] with your thoughts!

Episode 2: Canadian Real Estate News!

This week in real estate there were three interesting stories regarding; A Buyer's Market in Toronto, Population Growth of Canada, and Rental Housing.

Join me while I discuss these three stories and click the links below if you'd like to read them for yourself!

Buyers Market:

https://financialpost.com/real-estate/toronto-housing-market-falls-into-buyers-market

Population Growth:

https://betterdwelling.com/canadas-economy-looks-like-a-recession-when-adjusted-for-population-bmo/

Rental Housing:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-feds-unlock-another-20-billion-for-low-cost-rental-construction/

Episode 1: Canadian Real Estate News!

This week in real estate there were three interesting stories regarding; buyers agent commission, first time buyer expectations, and GST on purpose built rentals.

Join me while I discuss these three stories and click the links below if you'd like to read them for yourself!

Buyer's Agent Commission:

https://betterdwelling.com/class-action-against-toronto-real-estate-industry-price-fixing-get-approved/

First Time Buyer Expectations:

https://betterdwelling.com/half-of-canadas-young-adults-gave-up-on-homeownership-mortgage-pros/

GST on Purpose Built Rentals:

https://www.chba.ca/CHBA/News/Removal_of_GST_on_Purpose-Built_Rental_Addresses_Long-Standing_Barrier.aspx

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/freeland-gst-bill-1.6974114

https://djb.com/2023/09/removal-of-gst-on-purpose-built-rentals-in-canada/

Chapters:

00:00 - 00:18 - Intro

00:19 - 05:25 - Buyer Agent Commission

05:26 - 08:51 - First Time Buyers

08:52 - 09:32 - Fixed Rate Mortgages

09:33 - 14:39 - GST on Purpose Built Rentals