Insights

November is Financial Literacy Month, and as the financial marketplace grows progressively more daunting, it is imperative that Canadians have the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make informed decisions regarding their finances. Understanding one’s [...]

According to the latest Life Expectancy Report shared by the Conference Board of Canada, Canadians born now are expected to live to age 81. Contrast that with someone born in 1961, who was expected to live only [...]

Real estate professionals are increasingly interested in 18-hour cities, especially given the data from South of the Border. A recent U.S study of 18-hour cities discovered that economic and social [...]

In the first quarter of 2021, the cost of a single-family home in Canada rose 14.1 percent year-over-year, as reported by Royal LePage. This follows a year of unprecedented demand for homes and month [...]

Let’s break it down from a financial standpoint, a stress test is just how it sounds. It’s designed to test how your finances might be affected by experiencing economic turmoil, [...]

Often, the everyday real estate investor will have a portfolio of turn-key properties. However, there is another, more primary role in the world of real estate, and that is development. What is real [...]

Old Age Security Clawback Explained Several years ago, Canada added a clawback system to its tax regime. One of the most disliked is the Old Age Security (OAS) clawback. [...]

Remember the old saying, “It’s not what you make, it’s what you keep”? When it comes to building your retirement nest egg, you can keep more of what you [...]

A Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) is a formula calculating the rate of return of a commercial real estate property and is typically utilized to determine if the property is a [...]

Apartment rentals can be an attractive alternative to home ownership depending on several factors in your life. Here, we breakdown some of the key reasons why the rental apartment industry [...]