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Canadian Apartment Magazine
Lack of insurance puts UK landlords at risk
According to a recent report, a vast proportion of UK landlords are putting their properties and finances at risk after failing to purchase adequate insurance
CondoBusiness
GTA condo sales up 21.2 per cent: TREB
There were 5,974 condominium apartment sales reported through the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB)’s MLS System during the first quarter of 2016, which is a
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily energy upgrades address income gap
Advocates for American low-income households are calling for more flexible financing options to improve energy efficiency in apartment buildings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
A call for resources for lone elderly residents
These situations are rarely straightforward for property owners/managers juggling legal obligations to protect privacy, accommodate disabilities and ensure the health and safety of all building residents.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Saskatoon offers upside investment potential
Market analysts contend Saskatoon's older rental housing stock remains well positioned to compete with newer purpose-built apartments.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
No green retrofit incentive for Quebec landlords
Quebec's largest rental housing association asks why the apartment sector has been excluded from the newly announced RénoVert refundable tax credit program to promote residential energy efficiency upgrades.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rental housing income return rebuffed in London
The economics of London's land and real estate market pose a major challenge to aspirations to triple the current output of private purpose-built rental housing.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Slower progress for green high-rise residential
Newly released survey results from development proponents and design practitioners in 69 countries reveal that 25 per cent foresee work on green high-rise residential buildings within the next three years, compared to 46 per cent with planned commercial projects.
CondoBusiness
Maintaining insulating glass units in condos
An engineer explains the life expectancy and maintenance requirements of windows and specifically insulating glass units (IGUs) in condos.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. apartment rents and value still climbing
Last year's average sales price of USD $131,233 per unit was 40 per cent higher than the peak prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s institutional investors eye apartments
Purpose-built rental housing gained noticeable favour last year as expenditure on new development jumped 234 per cent from 2014.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
$67-million Morguard acquisition in Ottawa
Morguard North American Residential REIT announced that it has purchased 160 Chapel Street, a rental apartment building in Ottawa, ON, for $67 million, exclusive of closing costs.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. lobbyists raise rental housing issues
Rental housing issues figure prominently among the Institute of Real Estate Management's (IREM) U.S. public policy priorities for 2016.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Older renter demographic is content not to own
A recent consumer survey of Canadian attitudes about mortgage debt offers insight on tenants' rationale for staying out of the home ownership market.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multi-residential investment signals U.S. growth
Multi-residential development and transactions accounted for a significant share of U.S. real estate investment in 2015 during a year when many of the nation's large urban markets enjoyed declining vacancies and rising rents.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multi-residential cap rates inch up in Calgary
Calgary trends pushed the national average higher in the fourth quarter of 2015, but multi-residential cap rates remain generally lower than other property types.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canadian investors shun student housing
Student housing appears to be a negligible factor in Canadian investment strategies for 2016, even though interest in the multi-residential sector remains strong.





