Comments on: The Inverse Relationship Between Toronto Real Estate and Rents

By: Danuta

Danuta — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:35:57 +0000

LOL… the rent prices in Toronto rose over 30% back in March, the same time as the housing prices so not sure about the model presented, but the rental market is a lagging indicator. Our real estate market is not normal, hence I would expect both to decline due to simple lack of affordability and China’s capital controls. Unemployment rate is high and we have influx of immigration (including refugees) not reported in our unemployment numbers… It is going to be a disaster at the end of this year; slower real estate market, winter in the country (Montreal’s Olympic Stadium shelter for 150 refugees coming daily this month)…

By: Canadian Real Estate Prices Will Fall 28% By 2020, According To This Model (BLOG) | Updates By James

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:24:38 +0000

[…] No one can tell the future with 100-per-cent certainty. However, big money investors use well-established models like these to make decisions. The fact that decisions are made on these numbers by such a large group of people, likely does make it a self-fullfilling prophecy in my humble opinion. We’ll be running more complicated models in the future. If you’re in Toronto, you might want to brush up on the inverse relationship between rent and home prices in the meantime. […]

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Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:05:27 +0000

By: Canadian Real Estate Prices Will Fall 28% By 2020 According To This Model | Better Dwelling

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:31:43 +0000

[…] No one can tell the future with 100% certainty. However, big money investors use well-established models like these to make decisions. The fact that decisions are made on these numbers by such a large group of people, likely does make it a self-fullfilling prophecy in my humble opinion. We’ll be running more complicated models in the future. If you’re in Toronto, you might want to brush up on the inverse relationship between rent and home prices in the meantime. […]

By: Rich Mole

Rich Mole — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:28:58 +0000

Kaitlin and others–great site. Great pieces. However…

Could you include footnotes (or something) to indicate the source of many of the (contentious, contrary) stats you include in your pieces?

By: dana

dana — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:32:00 +0000

Canada should make it difficult for any foreigner to own any form of property here; this is a well known practice in the rest of the world.

By: Bhatt

Bhatt — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:51:55 +0000

for chines and Indian people Vancouver and Toronto property prices are dirt cheap with far far better quality of life for example 2 leading city of china and India total Canada countries population is equilent to this 2 city of chian and 2 city of india shanghai and bijing where price to rent ratio is average 55 and affordability index is far below then this 2 Canadian city same ratio in Indians mumbai & New Delhi this 2 city population = canada total population here also price to rent ratio is 50 to 55 and affordability is very low with very low quality of life so Chinese and Indian people going to flood this Toronto & Vancouver market

By: Josee Couture, Re/max Hallmark

Josee Couture, Re/max Hallmark — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 15:56:32 +0000

As a Toronto top Realtor of 27 years, I am so sick and tired of the same things over and over in the media bout the Toronto Real Estate Market. Simple true facts are so much more valuable, even for a professional. Nicely done.

By: This Week’s Top Stories: Global Capital Flows, Vancouver Buyers, and Toronto’s Soaring Prices | Better Dwelling

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 13:29:35 +0000

[…] We analyzed over 20 years of real estate prices, and rents. What we found is historically rents rise when real estate prices are weak, and real estate prices are weak when rents rise. With anecdotal evidence that rents are rising in Toronto, what does that mean for real estate prices? Read the full story. […]