Tag: #realestateinvesting
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New 2026 Lending Rules And AI Underwriting Are Quietly Killing Ontario Real Estate And Small Business Deals Before You Even Sit With A Banker
New 2026 Lending Rules And AI Underwriting Are Quietly Killing Ontario Real Estate And Small Business Deals Before You Even Sit With A Banker There is growing anger online about OSFI’s 2026 lending rule changes, with some Canadian investors saying the rules have “crushed the dreams” of building a real estate portfolio. At the same… Read more
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Developers In Distress: Ontario Commercial Real Estate Projects Sliding Into Receivership And Fire-Sale Pricing In 2026
Developers In Distress: Ontario Commercial Real Estate Projects Sliding Into Receivership And Fire-Sale Pricing In 2026 Across Ontario, more commercial and development projects are sliding into receivership and other court-supervised distressed processes as high interest rates, construction cost overruns, and softer leasing demand collide. Canada saw more than 252 distressed development sales in 2025 alone,… Read more
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Ontario Commercial Real Estate Is “Resetting” As Capital Only Chases Top‑Tier Assets And Leaves Everyone Else Struggling
Ontario Commercial Real Estate Is “Resetting” As Capital Only Chases Top‑Tier Assets And Leaves Everyone Else Struggling Recent reports show Canada’s commercial real estate market moving into a “reset” phase where disciplined capital is flowing back, but mainly into prime, income‑producing assets, while development activity slows because higher borrowing costs and construction challenges crush feasibility.… Read more
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Ontario’s 2026 Budget Slashes Small Business Taxes And Supercharges Housing Incentives – But Most Entrepreneurs Will Miss The Real Estate Financing Opportunity
Ontario’s 2026 Budget Slashes Small Business Taxes And Supercharges Housing Incentives – But Most Entrepreneurs Will Miss The Real Estate Financing Opportunity Ontario’s 2026 Budget cuts the small business corporate tax rate from 3.2% to 2.2%, delivering more than 30% tax relief to over 350,000 businesses starting July 1. At the same time, the province… Read more
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Stop Compensating Tenants: New Rules for Personal Use Evictions in Ontario in 2026
Stop Compensating Tenants: New Rules for Personal Use Evictions in Ontario in 2026 Starting September 21, 2026, Ontario landlords gain a strategic advantage when ending a tenancy for personal use. By providing at least 120 days of notice—up from the current 60—you will no longer be required to pay tenant compensation or provide an alternative… Read more
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New Rules for Personal Use Evictions in Ontario in 2026: Stop Compensating Tenants with 1 month rent or provide an alternative rental unit.
New Rules for Personal Use Evictions in Ontario in 2026: Stop Compensating Tenants with 1 month rent or provide an alternative rental unit. Starting September 21, 2026, Ontario landlords gain a strategic advantage when ending a tenancy for personal use. By providing at least 120 days of notice—up from the current 60—you will no longer… Read more
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Office And Industrial Vacancies Are Finally Falling—But Many Ontario Landlords Are Not Finance‑Ready For The Rebound
Office And Industrial Vacancies Are Finally Falling—But Many Ontario Landlords Are Not Finance‑Ready For The Rebound Colliers just reported that Canada’s office vacancy rate has started to decline again and industrial vacancies also fell in early 2026—the first time both have moved down together in more than two decades. Large brokerages are calling 2026 a… Read more
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Receiverships Are Quietly Reshaping Ontario Real Estate: From GTA Towers to Northern Portfolios in 2026
Receiverships Are Quietly Reshaping Ontario Real Estate: From GTA Towers to Northern Portfolios in 2026 Across Ontario, I’m seeing more high-profile projects and portfolios pushed into court-appointed receivership, from multi-tower condo sites in the GTA to a northern Ontario bankruptcy that started with over 400 properties and still has dozens left to liquidate. Insolvency and… Read more
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Toronto Office And Retail Are Quietly Recovering – Here’s Why Ontario Landlords Need To Fix Their Financing Before Lenders Fully Reprice The Upswing
Toronto Office And Retail Are Quietly Recovering – Here’s Why Ontario Landlords Need To Fix Their Financing Before Lenders Fully Reprice The Upswing After years of doom-and-gloom, downtown Toronto office vacancy is finally trending down, with Class A space seeing stronger leasing and national downtown vacancy easing as demand returns. That shift is already changing… Read more
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Ontario Housing Crash Won’t Save You
Everyone’s cheering for a “big crash” in Ontario, but the data says something harsher: prices are slipping while affordability is still brutally tight. Inventory is climbing and condos are correcting, yet buyers and 2021–2022 owners are both losing money through hesitation, bad financing, or panic moves. As a licensed Ontario Real Estate Broker and Mortgage… Read more