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Vancouver Real Estate Market Outlook for 2023: How the Jan 25th Interest Rate Hike May Impact the Housing Market
It is difficult to predict the exact effects of the interest rate hike on the Vancouver real estate market in 2023, as the market is influenced by a variety of factors. However, historically, interest rate hikes have been known to slow down the housing market. As...
Supply and Demand of Vancouver’s Real Estate Market
Vancouver’s real estate market fundamentals remain strong. When discussing “Fundamentals”, one needs to analyze the two sides of any market, “Supply” and “Demand”. The Canadian market, particularly the Vancouver market, has suffered from a severe lack of supply for...
Supply Chain and Rising Interest
Real estate markets are subject to cyclical ebbs and flows. Additional black swan events such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the far-reaching consequences of the war have a pronounced effect on global capital markets and interest rates. Naturally, the real...
Bayrock Terrace: The Undiscovered Port Moody Address
3000 Henry is now Bayrock Terrace We are excited to announce the introduction of Bayrock Terrace, the new identity that defines the upcoming unique residential development in Port Moody. The naming process was primarily driven by inspiration found within Port Moody,...
Importance of community engagement and support
Aultrust Financial combines finance with development to help build distinctive communities. Without the community’s input and support, our projects would not be able to offer the benefits that the community needs. Priorities of our communities have changed...
Investing in private mortgages
Bank of Canada announced holding the key interest rate at 0.25% until at least 2023. In a candid press release the newly appointed Governor of Bank of Canada, Tiff Maclem, expressed the bank’s commitment to hold rates low in no uncertain terms: “It’s going to be a...
Forgotten Middle-Class
Dan and Sephana were about to graduate from high school. They lined up in their gowns, lining up, to walk up the stage and receive their diploma. Though their lives, and their parents’ lives, had winded through different paths, they had a similar dream. They imagined...
COVID-19, Economics, and Housing Prices
COVID-19 has impacted the lives of nearly everybody, regardless of their age, religion, geography, or wealth. Over the weekend, I observed a six-year-old boy who was strictly maintaining a two-meter distance from his grandparents. A middle-aged woman told me people...
How is e-commerce affecting the real estate market in Vancouver?
The world of retail is evolving. A combination of sustained growth in e-commerce, changes in consumer behavior, and rapid technological advancement have disrupted and reshaped an industry that once was dominated by the high street. E-commerce and real estate demand...
Is real estate investment safe in the current volatile market?
With today's concern over COVID-19 and its negative impact on business and financial markets, investors are turning away from stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, and more towards alternative assets. The volatility of most asset classes makes real estate a safer bet for...
Understanding the politics of a real estate development and financing
Real estate financing is not all about high returns from projects that do not add any community benefits. It is important to understand the community priorities and incorporate those elements into the design from the get-go rather than squeezing every square inch...
3000 Henry: a project that benefits the community
Investment in the correct real estate project is key to living by our principles of integrity, good-will, and social responsibility. One of these investments is 3000 Henry. 3000 Henry 3000 Henry is a stunning design by AMA architect Tim Ankenman, on a beautiful...
Financing community developments
Aultrust was born from a deep-rooted conviction to principles of integrity, goodwill, and social responsibility. Our goal is to create well-designed, meaningful, and community-based projects by bringing good people, companies, and ideas together with the funding...
Canadian Pension Funds investing in alternative assets
Canadian Pension Plans have increased their investments in alternative assets from 10% to 39% since 1990. Today alternative assets are a larger portion of the Pension Funds' asset mix than stocks. Similar trend is also observed in the US endowment funds and Pension...
What is rent-to-own (RTO)?
Housing affordability has become the number one economic and social issue of our times. It has been a key focus of the recent federal election and is certainly a top agenda item on every city council across the lower mainland region and indeed, probably across the...
Lock-off units Q&A
City planners and architects across Canada and BC are all looking for ways to produce lower cost, more versatile housing options for the “missing middle” with some success. The Missing Middle phenomenon is the lack of suitable and affordable housing options for a...
Changing the way communities view developers
Priorities of our communities have changed drastically with the realities of climate change, shifting demographics and socio-economic drivers that are shaping our cities. We can no longer afford to view development in isolation. A broader and more inclusive viewpoint...
What are alternative investments?
Alternative or Alt investments have risen in popularity in recent years as the low-interest-rate environment and reduced volatility has driven yields down on traditional assets. What are alternative investments? Broadly speaking, an alternative investment is any...