Prices are up more than 20% from this same time last year.
I can see another 1 or 2 years of this.. beyond that I really can't see how people will afford houses in the GTA.
They won't. Well any people that don't already own will be out. Toronto will become a land of renters like many other large cities. Most people rent, a few uber-rich own almost everything.
This.My wife and I bought a new build single in Vaughan in Feb 2016. We take possession next month.
It's now worth $300k more. No exaggeration.
But I would be worried to do it again... a moderate interest rate hike is going to slow things considerably.
That said, my agent agrees that a "correction" or drop in prices is far from likely as the demand is too strong.
But a stalled market is a real possibility.
You know what else is gross? I could never afford to live in my home if I had to buy it today.
@LINK666 thanks for that "assignment " explanation. I always wondered how some people were able to do that. You explained it a little more clearly than a real estate agent I was talking to. We had an opportunity to purchase a condo at a VIP event, and was told that for a $5000 fee, we could sell prior to registration. I didn't understand, as I thought that it wasn't allowed.
How west are you talking about? I have a friend that built a mini real estate empire (mini being relative) by refinancing his first 6 plex over and over to fund all the other purchases.
I'm just trying to find a way to fund my purchases the way the builders do it : they wait for purchases to get them seed money and then use the bank for the working capital. Their money stays in the bank. I need to do that.
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I wonder if this is what those real estate buying "groups" do, to some degree? I always figured they use them to finance their purchases. I'm sure there is a semi legal way to do it on an individual level. Or even just 3 or 4 people pooling their resources to buy a property to sell in the future. Even a return split 4 ways has the *potential * of outpacing a part time second income.
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I'm in! $800k house now can very likely be 950-970k by end of summer or early next spring. Take away 12k LTT, another 25-50k realtor you can easily walk with $100k+ .... $25k each between 4 peeps, for almost doing nothing at all.
I know people that are mortgage free because of doing that a few times.So, I don't have to be employed? ...just keep flipping primary residences?
So, I don't have to be employed? ...just keep flipping primary residences?