Apartment
CondoBusiness
Condo project financing confronts new math
More cautious criteria for condo project financing could upend some development pro formas and potentially constrain housing starts in the coming months.
CondoBusiness
Dynamic approach to apartment pest management
In the world of pest control, no two multi-residential buildings are the same. Every apartment is home to unique communities, living spaces, public areas, and environmental factors that require tailored and sustainable solutions.
Canadian Property Management
Winterizing your commercial property
Even the toughest commercial buildings can fall prey to Canadian winters. Still, commercial property managers and owners can take preventative measures to protect their assets and keep tenants safe and comfortable.
CondoBusiness
Winter ready, resident safe
Canadian winters can be harsh on condo buildings, but by managers and owners can take preventative measures to protect their assets and keep tenants safe and comfortable.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing supply-demand imbalance set to persist
Recent CMHC analysis concludes that approximately 3.5 million additional dwelling units are needed to meet demand and pull prices back into closer alignment with purchasers’ and tenants’ incomes.
CondoBusiness
Multi-res cost-effective for EV charger access
Multi-residential buildings are seen as a cost-effective option to expand EV charger access and reduce required investment in pricier public infrastructure.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Wrongs to legacy tenant inflate renovation tab
Flouting requirements to re-house a legacy tenant has added more than $40,000 to a Windsor landlord’s apartment renovation tab.
Canadian Property Management
CRE measures up as Canadian economic driver
A new report estimates commercial real estate made a $148.4 billion total contribution to Canada’s GDP last year, when factoring its direct, indirect and induced impacts.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Offshore single-family rental REITs sidelined
A two-year prohibition on foreign investors acquiring single residential dwellings, duplexes or triplexes is set to begin January 1, 2023.
CondoBusiness
Private homes preferred for cannabis use
More than 90 per cent of survey respondents confirm that they typically use non-medical cannabis in their own homes, while 46 per cent use it in other people’s homes.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA multifamily sales volume stable in Q2
Transactions ebbed in Q2, but overall multifamily sales volume is only slightly behind last year’s pace due to a 16.5 per cent year-over-year increase in the average price per suite.
Canadian Property Management
Cap rates open up in Q2
Cap rates opened up and investment activity slowed across every Canadian property sector during the second quarter of 2022.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s top rents rank moderately in the U.S.
Canada’s two priciest rental housing markets fall toward the moderate end of the scale when mixed in with the largest urban centres in the United States.
REMI Network
U of Waterloo team to investigate missing middle housing
University of Waterloo researchers hope to explore local barriers explaining the “missing middle” and identify feasible and efficient potential solutions for the affordable housing crisis.
CondoBusiness
Alberta electricity rebate excludes multifamily
Rental apartment and condominium dwellers with sub-metered suites aren't eligible for the rebate, which has now been extended for an extra three months to total $300 for the year.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Scathing critique of NS public housing tabled
Nova Scotia’s auditor general finds an absence of standard managerial and customer service protocols and a flawed application process within the provincial public housing portfolio.
REMI Network
Halifax approves 1000-plus homes across two sites
Development agreements for two sites designated as special planning areas under the Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act have been approved.
