Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

My mortgage is up for renewal in November of 2024. I closed on my current home in August of 2018 and at the time I had a variable rate. But the funny thing about variable versus fixed rates is that they can fluctuate and the gap between them can expand or contract. Where In The World Are Those Rate Cuts?

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Realty Biz

JUNE 23, 2022

At first glance, it might seem intuitive that rising interest rates will have a negative effect on the housing market. Interest rates rising today and for the next several months is probably good for the housing market. Obviously, we are watching that quite carefully [prices and mortgage rates].

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The Close

JUNE 22, 2023

Despite this, many agents have a hard time persuading would-be investors that a downturn is the right time to jump into the real estate market and start investing. Right now might seem like a frightening time to jump into real estate investing. But first, let’s get a handle on the basics. and prices are down 1.7% from this time last year.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I have no idea, but there will be warning signs, and that’s what this blog article is about. Additional indicators can be some of the factors that led up to the last market bust; there are plenty of articles online with which to familiarize yourself. Income ÷ Rate = Value . $50,000 ÷.08 Of course there is.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

What I have always tried to do with my economic work is to connect the dots or show a pathway to why something could happen. Since the summer of 2020, I have genuinely believed the housing market could change once the 10-year yield broke over 1.94%. Then in 2018, they had a supply spike as mortgage rates reached 5%.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I do well when I have a schedule, a set of responsibilities, and I’m never looking around wondering what to do. So when summer languishes, camp is over for the kids, and those children have grown tired of activities that had excited them only a couple of weeks earlier, I start to get a bit antsy.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Even in the extreme conditions of COVID-19, my general premise on housing economics predicted that the two variables with the most influence — demographics and mortgage rates — would hold up the housing market. The 10-year yield and mortgage rates. That range dictated that mortgage rates would roughly stay between 3.5%-4.75%.

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Redfin

AUGUST 11, 2023

These are hurdles nearly all vacation rental managers have faced, especially in the early days. Implementing a minimum stay requirement: During peak seasons, we request a minimum stay of three days. However, navigating this terrain requires a careful avoidance of potential pitfalls that can hinder your success.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

My mom was into recycling before recycling was a thing, so we’d have the luxury of choosing from various scraps of wrapping paper, ribbons, and random arts-and-crafts supplies to affix to our box, and then go to town on it with a variety of magic markers. Perhaps a better question: what did you get for Christmas? I got nothing.

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this 2-part overview of the housing market for mid-December, I’ll discuss new and existing home inventory and sales, house prices, mortgage rates, rents and more. For the local markets I track that have reported so far, are also showing new listings up year-over-year in November. year-over-year in October. There are 1.3

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Notorious ROB

JULY 7, 2022

Over the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of posts, articles, tweets, and other expressions of… what to call them… predictions? Raise rates on fiat dollars, and that raises rates on fiat dollar mortgages, which makes housing more expensive in nominal terms. Because the Fed, you know?

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

We have only made two offers, but both were in competition, and we obviously lost both times. She’s the kind of buyer that knows what she wants, and knows when we’re not standing in the living room of “the one,” and as a result, options have been few and far between. That was a huge “thank you.”

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Marco Santarelli

AUGUST 5, 2020

Low mortgage rates, population growth, and an increase in buyer interest are further driving the demand for available housing. Record low mortgage rates are providing opportunities for buyers to lock-in low monthly mortgage payments for future years. houisng markets for the foreseeable future. from June 2019.

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Marco Santarelli

DECEMBER 16, 2020

However, it is worth your time to look at smaller metropolitan areas that have similar potential without the same degree of risk. According to Zillow, home values are up by nearly 6% year over year in Oklahoma while in Oklahoma City they have gone up by 7.9%. 7 for the lowest average monthly mortgage payments in all 50 states.

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Marco Santarelli

MARCH 29, 2022

This means you could buy five to fifteen rental homes and have someone else do the bulk of the work. Government bonds are theoretically the safest investments around, but they’ve often failed to pay interest rates above the inflation rate. So, how does it feel to Retire Early with Real Estate? Yes, the properties are cheap.

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Marco Santarelli

JULY 30, 2020

The rise in home prices and sales have shifted the market conditions to a balanced one. The real estate appreciation rate in Los Angeles is predicted to remain a bit modest throughout this year. The real estate appreciation rate in Los Angeles in the latest quarter was around 0.66% which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 2.68%.

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Marco Santarelli

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

As we saw Arizona real estate market thriving & becoming sizzling hot in the past couple of years, even the rise in mortgage rates was believed not to affect it. We've been seeing real estate appreciation rates increasing year-over-year in the entire metro area. The annual real estate appreciation rate is in double digits.

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McKissock

MAY 30, 2023

From the ongoing debt ceiling debate to employment trends, inflation concerns, fluctuating interest rates, and the state of the commercial real estate market, it is important to understand the implications of these factors on the overall economy. Given the underlying inflation rate of 3.5-4% may still warrant a June rate hike.

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 12, 2023

Well, the music has stopped and the chickens have come home to roost. Imagine startups are race cars and interest rates are gas prices. Like KPCB cofounder Tom Perkins said: ‘If there is no risk, you have already missed the boat.’ For two straight years our central prediction theme was climate ( 2021 version ).

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Interest rates are low, home prices are rising, and homes are selling quickly — often after a bidding war! What impact will the election have? Most of you have strict limits on how you can go about trying to conduct business. What impact will the election have? And what will it take to get a more balanced market?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 30, 2021

Last week, I read perhaps the most insane real estate article I’ve ever read, and that’s saying a lot, considering I’ve claimed to have read the most insane article ever at least a few times per year, for eighteen years. I’m taking offense to this because I have a brain. Create some! Invent some!

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