Gerry’s Blog
Canada has so much to offer, from its breathtakingly picturesque west-coast mountains, and the big-city lights of Toronto, to the quaint charm of Atlantic Canada. How could anyone stay in one place? As it turns out, many Canadians aren’t sticking around in their hometowns or where their workplace is located, suggests new data from Statistics…
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has long been a sought-after place to live, both a hot spot in Ontario and Canada as a whole. Easy access to downtown Toronto and an abundance of job opportunities, recreational activities and highly rated schools, GTA real estate has long been a desirable home-buying destination for families and working…
The federal election, dubbed as a “Groundhog Day Election,” came and went, dominated by a few issues, particularly affordability in the Canadian housing market. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals proposed a series of measures to cool down the Canadian real estate market. But, considering the outcome of the election and the current make-up…
The city of Kamloops is situated right between the North and South Thompson Rivers, in Canada’s most western province, British Columbia. Home to just shy of 100,000 people, Kamloops is British Columbia’s seventh-largest city. In recent years, Kamloops has become a desired place to live by many home-seekers from within and outside of the province….
Canadian real estate markets have a little something of everything for everyone. From the big-city lights of Toronto and Vancouver, to the small-town charm of Muskoka and Saint Jean, Canada is one of the most desirable places to live in the world for a reason. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Canadian real estate…
If you are interested in purchasing a residential property in 2021, expect that it may be slightly harder to achieve the Canadian Dream. Housing supply continues to tighten in the face of strong demand. With low interest rates, evolving consumer trends, normalizing immigration, and a recovering Canadian economy, many expect home prices to continue rising…
As the Canadian real estate market (finally) begins to normalize after 20 months of unprecedented momentum, the Calgary housing market is still leading the way when it comes to growth, joining two other cities in the Prairies: Winnipeg and Edmonton. The housing boom in one of Canada’s largest cities has been a remarkable story to…
According to Canadian consumers, RE/MAX is the brand with the #1 Most Trusted Real Estate Agents in Canada*. The results of the 2022 BrandSpark® Canadian Trust Study are based on a survey of 7,857 Canadians – one of the largest studies of its kind – to gauge their honest opinions of what brands they trust…
The British Columbia real estate market has become one of the most expensive in Canada. While it had been hot prior to the once-in-a-century global health crisis, the coronavirus pandemic helped the province turn up the heat. And this went beyond the Vancouver real estate market. According to the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA),…
Known as one of the sunniest cities in Canada, Brandon, Manitoba has consistently landed in the top 10 communities across Canada in MoneySense Magazine’s Best Places to Live rankings. These factors, along with many out-of-province homebuyers seeing affordable opportunities, have helped keep this local Manitoba real estate market flourishing. As the second-largest city in the…
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.