DK RentalA collection of research and reports on the topic of Rental Stats & Trends in the rental property management business around the globe. Read through, see where opportunities are heading and share your opinions.
Is this an Eastern Canada problem? I must be lucky as most of my strata have a contingency fund. Whether it is enough for a major repair, don’t know. That’s what a depreciation report is designed to help buffer.
Read Full ArticleThe decline of “mom & pop” landlords is displaced by the Increasing presence of institutional landlords who are only concerned with the bottom line. Good news or bad news tenants?
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Concerning chart, the widening divergence between house prices and disposable income! If you do your technical analysis, what does it tell you is coming down the road?
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Institutions are doing the math. With bond yields below the rate of inflation, real estate yields can offer a better hedge and return on capital. “Operating income providing yield that is linked to long-term domestic inflation.”
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Liv.rent's rent analysis is a fair representation of the rent rates across the different municipalities vs. other reports that make it look like the high asking rents in downtown Vancouver are the same across the board. What are your thoughts?
If you read the stats, the problem isn't new as it has been happening for decades. The question is instead of blaming the government and society for the lack of rental housing. How can both the private and public sectors create a viable solution to address the multiple tiers of housing for each demographic group? The fact is that new purpose-built rentals are not "cheap" unless they get subsidized by the government. As buildings age, the maintenance and repair costs increase. A never-ending and challenging problem. Can near and long-term solutions are created by crowdsourcing?
Vancouver continues to attract global tech companies. We are the Silicon Valley of the North. Attracting more highly skilled workers who need rental housing.
