How`s your house pricing doing?..

A) you can't write off a capital loss against income, only against capital gains
B) as there is no capital gain on your prayer residence, there is no corresponding capital loss provision.

It is after-tax money that has forever disappeared. Ouch.
Double whammy.

I thought @Evoex went through a similar situation with his dad's place a few years ago where he indicated that it can help with income.

But been a while.
 
If it wasn't your primary residence, there is the possibility for capital gains and losses.
There were some changes in late 2016. Cap gains can apply if the house is no longer occupied by the owner. If the house sells long after granny dies, expect a CG adjustment. Dead people aren't occupants.

I assume the same if granny moves into LTC.
 
Remember, the majority of people losing money on home sales purchased during COVID mania.

In the middle of a worldwide crisis prices spiked and did that make any sense? People sold high and purchased higher and then it came crashing down.

No one talks about the people who don't flip houses, purchased their place years ago and while they missed the peak, on paper, are still far ahead, and likely have a paid off mortgage. Sounds dull and boring, but it works.
 
Everyone wants to be a baller , when it’s easy money . Buy , fake living in it , roll it over in two/three years and make a couple hundred K .
Then the music stopped and you didn’t have a chair .


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Anecdotal. Put one of our condos on the rental market. Prime location; outside the core but still downtown.

The quality of tenants are eye opening… All younger (late 20s - mid to late 30s) couples with $200K+ incomes and stable jobs. I guess they gotta live somewhere while they save for a down payment.

Also, for those keeping track - the foreign buyers ban will lapse dec-31. World is too preoccupied with Trump to notice. Couple that with construction costs going up (as I said many times before we’ve already come close to the condo floor in terms of construction costs) and IMO the recovery might be underway. All the good units are long gone .. lots of shoeboxes with bad layouts in bad buildings remain.
 
Anecdotal. Put one of our condos on the rental market. Prime location; outside the core but still downtown.

The quality of tenants are eye opening… All younger (late 20s - mid to late 30s) couples with $200K+ incomes and stable jobs. I guess they gotta live somewhere while they save for a down payment.

Also, for those keeping track - the foreign buyers ban will lapse dec-31. World is too preoccupied with Trump to notice. Couple that with construction costs going up (as I said many times before we’ve already come close to the condo floor in terms of construction costs) and IMO the recovery might be underway. All the good units are long gone .. lots of shoeboxes with bad layouts in bad buildings remain.
Also anecdotal here…

Buddies in the granite / cabinetry business are saying that business has been booming the last few months.

All the work that stopped and they couldn’t keep guys so had to lay them off are now pounding out 6-7 days per week at 12hr shifts just to keep up with demand.

All the projects that stalled woke up at once.

Now, that’s now. But that could change at the drop of a hat.

I think we’ll see at least one rate rise for 2026, and markets are pricing in multiple rate hikes in 2027.

I think it’s fragile market, and can go either way very quickly.
 
Also, for those keeping track - the foreign buyers ban will lapse dec-31. World is too preoccupied with Trump to notice. Couple that with construction costs going up (as I said many times before we’ve already come close to the condo floor in terms of construction costs) and IMO the recovery might be underway. All the good units are long gone .. lots of shoeboxes with bad layouts in bad buildings remain.
My guess is they allow foreign buyers to buy new builds so the government can seal clap for dwellings built. Of course, there will be no requirement for the houses to be occupied.
 
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