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Real Estate Market Update for 2023

Real Estate Market Update for 2023

Interest Rate Hike Impact and Immigration Levels The impact of the interest rate hike has had reverberations throughout the housing and development industry, with many developers pausing or canceling projects and consumers waiting to see where interest rates will...

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Vancouver Real Estate Market Outlook 2023

Vancouver Real Estate Market Outlook 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...

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Supply and Demand of Vancouver’s Real Estate Market

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”.   Vancouver's Real Estate Supply The Canadian market, particularly the Vancouver market, has...

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Supply Chain and Rising Interest

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...

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Importance of community engagement and support

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...

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Investing in private mortgages

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...

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Forgotten Middle-Class

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...

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COVID-19, Economics, and Housing Prices

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...

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Is RE investment safe in a volatile market?

Is RE investment safe in a 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...

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3000 Henry: a project that benefits the community

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...

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Financing community developments

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...

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