Bill 60, a 2.1% Guideline, and a Bank of Canada on Hold: What April 2026 Means for Ontario Multifamily Owners
If you own an apartment building in Ontario right now, three things have moved in the last few months that I think genuinely change how…
Category: Waterloo Region
The New HST Rebate Explained
On March 25, 2026, Premier Doug Ford announced what the Ontario Home Builders' Association has called "the biggest announcement we've seen in home building in…
Ontario’s New Multi-Billion Dollar Development Charge Reductions
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a very significant announcement that will have a decided effect on real estate in the…
City of Waterloo Rental Bylaw: A Landlord’s Guide.
If you are, or planning to be, a Landlord in the City of Waterloo, you need to have a working understanding of the city's rental…
Waterloo Region Development Freeze: Update Feb 2026
Since our last update on the development freeze in the Mannheim Service Area (Kitchener, Waterloo, and parts of Cambridge, Woolwich, and Wilmot), the landscape has…
Residential Market Update April 2026: Waterloo Region
Executive SummaryPrices highlight a fractured market: The overall median sale price is $685,000, but the much higher average price of $732,600 shows that luxury detached…
Mapping development charges across Ontario
Not all Ontario cities are created equal when it comes to the cost of building a new home. While the federal-provincial announcement of March 2026…
March 2026 Market Update: Wat Region
Welcome to your March 2026 real estate market update for the Waterloo Region. Before we get into the numbers, note that this post includes interactive…
Ontario Rental Market Forecast 2026: The Shift to Balance and What It Means for Your Portfolio
As we settle into 2026, the landscape for multi-residential investors in Ontario is undergoing a distinct shift. After years of hyper-compressed vacancy rates and double-digit…
The Waterloo Region Water Crisis Explained
As most of you are now aware, the Region of Waterloo has formally identified a water capacity constraint within the Mannheim Service Area, affecting the…