Here are the best mortgage rate tracking sites for borrowers

Here are the best mortgage rate tracking sites for borrowers

Houses for sale in Ottawa Breadcrumb Trail Links Real Estate Mortgages Robert McLister: Each site has its quirks. Knowing these quirks is key to scoring not just a great rate, but a phenomenal one Published Sep 13, 2024  •  Last updated 2 hours ago  •  5 minute read You can save this article by registering for […]

39-Storey Mixed-Use Tower Proposed For Bathurst And Finch

39-Storey Mixed-Use Tower Proposed For Bathurst And Finch

Houses for sale in Ottawa A 39-storey mixed-use development offering 491 residential units and a daycare could be headed for west Willowdale, according to plans from Density Group Limited. The plans, which were submitted by the Toronto-based developer in early-September, envision a 33-storey tower atop a six-storey podium at 4949 Bathurst Street, with frontage on […]

Lenders more inclined to pass on savings with plumper profit

Lenders more inclined to pass on savings with plumper profit

Houses for sale in Ottawa Article content Mortgage rates are falling like presidential election hopes after a debate disaster. Indeed, fixed rates have dipped in nine of the 10 terms we monitor, with most shedding at least 10 basis points. Why the lender generosity? Simply put, their costs to fund mortgages have nosedived to multi-month […]

Retail Resilience and Residential Roadblocks Insights from Andrew Duncan, CIO of RioCan

Retail Resilience and Residential Roadblocks Insights from Andrew Duncan, CIO of RioCan

Houses for sale in Ottawa In this episode of the Commercial Real Estate Podcast, hosts Aaron and Adam interview Andrew Duncan, RioCan’s Chief Investment Officer to discuss his company’s evolving investment strategy to stay aligned to a dynamic market. Andrew shares insights into his background, RioCan’s focus on capital allocation, and the challenges of making […]

Inside A $22M Penthouse Atop Westbank’s Alberni Tower

Inside A M Penthouse Atop Westbank’s Alberni Tower

Houses for sale in Ottawa As one of Vancouver’s most prominent developers, Westbank is known for injecting beauty into their projects, and thinking outside of the box — figuratively, and literally, when it comes to architectural traditional box-design. And their Alberni project is one of many examples. Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and developed […]

Industry self-correction needed in the absence of a major sector overhaul

Industry self-correction needed in the absence of a major sector overhaul

Houses for sale in Ottawa “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo, 1970 History nerds may argue over where the introduction of the real estate brokerage model took place — in New York City (1847) or in Chicago (1855) — but a sure bet is they’d agree that little has changed in […]

Renters Prioritizing Space And Price Over Location

Renters Prioritizing Space And Price Over Location

Houses for sale in Ottawa Location is not the number one quality renters look for, according to the recently released 2024 Multi-Residential Satisfaction Study Report from simplydbs. In reality, renters now prize both price and size over placement. The study, which was conducted from late-May to mid-June 2024, collected responses from 26,000 participants, offering market […]

Challenges and opportunities for mortgage brokers in the current rate cycle

Challenges and opportunities for mortgage brokers in the current rate cycle

Houses for sale in Ottawa And lately, we’ve had no shortage of challenges to navigate. Increased rates, a stupidly high stress test, overbidding, valuation drops, client stress, AML (anti-money laundering) requirements, product suitability forms, shorter terms with lower compensation and now this current rate competition environment, to name a few. It’s easy to look back […]

Corporate real estate teams shifting focus to business value

Corporate real estate teams shifting focus to business value

Houses for sale in Ottawa Breadcrumb Trail Links Real Estate Face mounting pressure to demonstrate the value of their investments amid expansion plans Published Sep 10, 2024  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Office buildings in downtown Toronto. Photo by […]

Coquitlam Tri-City Central Master Plan To See Further Delay

Coquitlam Tri-City Central Master Plan To See Further Delay

Houses for sale in Ottawa After the summer break, Council meetings across Metro Vancouver resumed this week, and Coquitlam started things off with one of the biggest development projects planned for the city: Tri-City Central. Tri-City Central is a master plan community set for an 11.6-acre site along Lougheed Highway, between Coquitlam Central Station and […]