Konfidis
January 2023 Market Update
At Konfidis we continuously monitor transaction activity and take a special focus on secondary communities in Ontario. As January has...
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Konfidis
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Ontario leads in Immigrant Retention
As eye-opening immigration targets and new records dominate Canadian headlines, Konfidis digs deeper to understand where in Canada...
Konfidis
- Jan 20
- 3 min
Housing market bottom is within sight, Experts say
Declines in home prices and sales are expected to bottom out in the first few months of 2023, Rishi Sondhi, a TD economist, said in a...
Konfidis
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Agreed, the Foreign Buyer’s Ban is a Nothingburger
As of January 1st, 2023, a two-year ban on non-residents buying homes in Canada has come into effect. This measure, which was announced...
Konfidis
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Canada’s Record Population Growth
As 2022 draws to a close, Canada’s population has already grown more this year than in any other year since Confederation. In an estimate...
Konfidis
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
Despite Demand, Investment in Residential Building Construction Declines
In today’s Konfidis Insights we profile Statistics Canada’s recent October 2022 Investment in Building Construction release. This data...
Konfidis
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
Is Canada becoming a nation of renters?
In today’s Konfidis Insights we profile a recent RBC Thought Piece: Proof Point - Is Canada becoming a nation of renters? The report...
Konfidis
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Building Permits Down, Again
In today’s Konfidis Insights we profile Statistics Canada’s recent October 20202 Building Permits release. This data outlines the number...
Konfidis
- Dec 1, 2022
- 4 min
Can our Country Keep Up?
In today’s Konfidis Insights we highlight select excerpts (and provide commentary related thereto) from a recent Globe and Mail article:...
Konfidis
- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
Cities’ cores are hollowing out, but small towns tell a different story
In this issue of Konfidis Insights, we dive into a recently released study from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Business Data Lab...
Konfidis
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
Ontario’s Secondary Markets Population Boom Boon
Last week, the federal government of Canada announced an Immigration Plan to Grow the Economy including increasing immigration targets...
Konfidis
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Premier Ford’s “More Homes Built Faster” – Maybe…
Last week the Ontario Government introduced legislation that, if passed, is intended to support “More Homes Built Faster.” A summary of...
Konfidis
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge Opportunities
Konfidis is delighted to extend it’s research into another important region in Ontario for Single-Family Rental (SFR) investment...
Konfidis
- Oct 19, 2022
- 6 min
Rethinking Condos in Favour of Single-Family Rental Investment Properties
Since the Great Financial Crisis, Canadian and international investors have looked to Canada’s largest cities such as Toronto and...
Konfidis
- Oct 13, 2022
- 7 min
A Deep Dive into (the lack of) Housing Supply
In this week’s Konfidis Insights, we dive into the lack of new housing supply, the makeup of the limited new construction starts, and...
Konfidis
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
Why SFR? Take another look
Why are single-family rental (SFR) homes a compelling investment? How do SFR investment properties compare to other investment...
Konfidis
- Sep 29, 2022
- 4 min
Why Ontario Secondary Markets are Compelling to Investors
Spotlight on London Konfidis is pleased to share its research and assessment of the most compelling Ontario markets for single-family...
Konfidis
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
10 communities showing home sold price decline resistance: Have we hit the bottom?
This week alone, I’ve read multiple articles published by well-established new sources citing that house prices are in a free fall and in...
Konfidis
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Toronto Home Prices, this Roller Coaster just hit “the Drop!”
What makes for a great roller coaster? Is it the nervous tension and anticipation of the upcoming ride as a coaster car climbs the lift...
Konfidis
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
Cancellations, not just an Air Canada Story
In the past couple of months, the amount and proportion of cancelled detached home listings in Ontario has spiked dramatically. According...
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