Surge in CMHC-insured multi-unit lending shows no signs of slowing
4/2/2025 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
CMHC-insured loans for multi-unit rental housing have surged in recent years, driven by high interest rates and federal policies aimed at boosting rental supply. ...
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Downtown office market notches slight improvement despite tariff threats
3/31/2025 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Canada’s downtown office vacancy rate marked its first, if slight, improvement since the start of the pandemic according to a recent report. ...
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Toronto Office and Industrial Real Estate: Q4 2024 Market Trends and Outlook
2/14/2025 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
A shifting Toronto real estate market saw suburban office space achieve its first annual net absorption gain since 2019, while downtown vacancy rates climbed despite stable rents, ...
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Commercial real estate still facing headwinds amid lower rates: expert
1/29/2025 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Commercial real estate still faces headwinds after the Bank of Canada’s move to lower interest rates, according to some experts, with others expecting the move to spur ...
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Is Canada's commercial real estate market poised for recovery in 2025?
1/15/2025 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The Canadian commercial real estate market is heading into 2025 with cautious optimism following a year of interest rate relief, according to Avison Young’s latest Q4 2024 ...
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BoC slashes interest rates by 50 basis points: What's next for CRE?
10/23/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
What does today’s 50 basis point interest rate cut mean for the Canadian commercial real estate market? ...
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Investors showed "confidence" in Canada's commercial real estate sector in Q2: Morguard
9/5/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Canada’s commercial real estate sector saw positive momentum in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report, which notes further reductions in borrowing costs ...
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Bottom is nigh for most CRE valuations, office still a struggle: Altus
7/16/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The bottom is in sight for commercial real estate valuations, though there’s probably more room for office values to continue their decline. ...
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2024 Re/Max Commercial Real Estate Report Highlights Key Trends
6/18/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The new report analyzed 12 markets nationwide in Q1 2024, identifying 13 key trends. ...
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High Cost of Toronto Commercial Real Estate Stokes Suburban Activity
6/7/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
While growing optimism has nudged some long-term developers off the sidelines with regards to land sales, there continues to be an overall impasse between buyers and sellers in ...
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Many challenges facing Canada's development land market
5/30/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
2024 transaction pace is for about $10B in sales, one-third of the activity in 2022 ...
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Q1 CRE transactions plunge 55% in Canada's major markets
5/27/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Morguard report shows declines in all major commercial real estate sectors ...
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Listings up, sales down in slow GTA high-density land market: Myers
3/11/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) condominium market has softened considerably since April 2022, especially during the past six months. ...
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Industrial to remain strong suggests Avison Young
2/8/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Avison Young has released its Q1 Canadian cap rate and investment trends report, forecasting that although lenders will remain conservative in 2024, capital from lenders remains ...
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Why another challenging year could be ahead for Canada's office market
1/24/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Empty office space is spiking as the pandemic fallout continues ...
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Foreign buyers dominate GTA, GGH Top-10 CRE transactions of 2023
1/19/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Overall commercial real estate dollar values drop from pre-pandemic highs, buyer trend shifts ...
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Industrial real estate remains tight despite record-breaking increase in new space
1/11/2024 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Industrial landlords list spaces early amid rising tenant demand and supply ...
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Commercial real estate sector not in crisis, says analyst
10/19/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
'Turbulence' is the best way to describe the current challenges, according to executive ...
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Property taxes are out of step with CRE investors facing oversized costs
10/16/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Altus Group research finds commercial tax rates 3x higher than residential in more than half of cities surveyed ...
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Canada's industrial market is slowing, but remains strong
8/8/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
As the market softens, tenants may have an opportunity to negotiate lower rents ...
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GTA industrial sector seeing consistent growth in rental rates: report
7/28/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The region's most attractive spaces remain scarce according to a new report. ...
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Canadian CRE investment remains slow says Altus Group
7/10/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Investors remain cautious amid rising rates and inflationary pressures ...
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Are we gonna hit $2 million an acre?': Industrial land prices are soaring to new heights in Ontario
6/26/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Investors are currently shelling out an average of $11.89 per square foot or $517,928.40 per acre for industrial land ...
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Report: Commercial market "held steady" in the first quarter
6/1/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Commercial activity in multiple asset classes held steady in Q1 2023 even as markets continued to labour under higher borrowing costs and sustained inflationary pressures, ...
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Cap rates still trend up, transaction activity stays slow: CBRE
5/3/2023 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
While overall transaction activity remains relatively slow, private buyers continued to be more active than institutional investors in the first quarter, according to ... ...
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Malls face catastrophic hit in Canada with unpaid rent surging
4/27/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Canada’s malls are facing a wave of skipped rents and could see vacancy rates triple by year-end, with the coronavirus poised to leave its scars on a fragile retail sector ...
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Commercial sector to become more valuable post COVID-19
4/22/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Acquisition of expansive properties has fallen to the wayside, but commercial real estate is poised to become an even more desirable choice for investment after the coronavirus ...
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Commercial rent delays could turn into abatements if crisis drags
4/21/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
One quarter of small businesses can't make April lease or mortgage payments — and it won't get much better any time soon. ...
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CBRE: Canadian commercial real estate set for $50 billion year
2/27/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
Canada’s commercial real estate (CRE) sector could reach a record-breaking level of investment in 2020 according to CBRE. ...
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Industrial CRE an investor darling: Rents 'just exploded'
2/21/2020 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu
The industrial real estate sector’s 2019 rate of total return far outpaced any other on the MSCI/REALPAC Canada Annual Property Index, and it’s looking good in 2020 ...
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