Quebec's largest rental housing association predicts rules that seem reasonable for occupants of single-family detached homes will be more problematic in multi-residential buildings.

Multi-residential landlords can borrow project capital and repay it over a period of up to 20 years through a special charge added to their property tax bills.

Among identified trends, forecasters see pension funds and other institutional investors kicking off a construction boom. This responds to a growing demand for new purpose-built rental and the lack of existing institutional-grade product in the marketplace.

Some landlords report they are more reluctant to rent to older apartment seekers since added protection for long-term, low-income elderly tenants was adopted into Quebec's civil code last year.

A goal to attract more institutional investment in the United Kingdom's rental housing sector aligns with in-progress efforts to forge eight larger asset pools from the country's 89 local government pension funds.

Top strategists for institutional investors hailed the residential sector's ballast qualities, particularly in a year when office values declined and the Calgary and Edmonton markets suffered a loss on investment.

There were 27,217 new condominium apartment sales in the GTA in 2016, up 34 per cent year-over-year, according to Urbanation’s Q4-2016 market results.

First National's Robert Fleet and Peter Cook have some advice for apartment owners that are looking for a lender for their property.

The United Kingdom's tight housing market has prompted new government efforts to relieve renting costs and boost the country's supply of private and public stock.

The proposal includes a plan to freeze municipal property taxes on apartment buildings while undertaking a review to determine how the high taxes have affected housing affordability.

According a survey from Urbanation Inc., five per cent of all GTA condo sales within projects currently in development are from foreign investors.

“The rise of permanent renters," has ignited a hot rental market for apartment buildings. However, investor demand far exceeds supply.

Pure Multi-Family REIT announced the successful and profitable sale of Livingston Apartments, located in Plano, Texas, for gross proceeds of US $34.3 million, or US$190,555 per apartment unit.

During Q3-2016, the number of condo apartments rented through the MLS system fell by nine per cent from a record high last year to 7,651 units.

Housing starts in Canada have trended upwards in September, according to CMHC. The trend measure of housing starts was 199,503 units this past month compared to 196,465 in August. The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.

Assessment notices for nearly 16,000 Ontario multi-residential properties will be mailed out next week, delivering valuations determined for the first time with the newly adopted direct capitalization methodology.

After a lack of new construction for many years, market conditions have set the stage for a fresh wave of apartment development.