Affordability and More Space Are Strong Draws for Canadian Home Shoppers, but Rising Prices and Low Inventories Remain Challenging

With tough real estate market conditions continuing into summer, new research from Zillow and Ipsos shows why Canadians are—and aren’t—moving – The top barrier to owning a home for Canadians continues to be coming up with a down payment (64%); Qualifying for a mortgage is also a top barrier – Two-thirds of Canadians are concerned …

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Legislators recognizing the role deposit alternatives can play in driving housing affordability

Housing affordability is a serious problem across the U.S. Nearly half of renter households are considered cost-burdened (meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent), and of those renters, more than half spend over 50% of their incomes on housing.  This means there’s a real need for strategies that reduce the cost …

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How Will a Rise in Interest Rates Affect the Commercial Real Estate Market?

In the past couple years, overall interest rates have risen several times in the United States. According to many experts, they are likely to finally stabilize in 2020. However, they have already risen sufficiently enough in 2018 and 2019, and we cannot be sure that the same won’t happen by the end of 2020, or …

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