For the last few years, I have been reading the commentary and overviews that the various Real Estate Brokerages and Agents publish when the Monthly Real Estate Figures are released. Each time, I was less than impressed with the lack of transparency around the actual trends and missed opportunity to tie the data points together into a holistic view. Far too often, Agents and Brokerages just report the headlines and then parade this around all month, misleading their audience. So, to... [read more]

Check out this study. It is very impressive to see Canadian cities performing so well in this study, but I know that people will look at this news from very different angles..."Will prices keep going up for the next 5 years?" "Should I sell now because we are at the top?" "Should I buy now before prices go even higher?" No one can predict the future and if you are trying to time the market perfectly, it will likely fail. You don't know how many... [read more]