Professor Murtaza Haider, in a video presentation, explains how working-from-home (Telework) disrupts spatial equilibria. The home office (the Hoffice) is the innovative construct that helps…
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Tag: real estate
Rental markets are showing increasing weakness
Murtaza Haider writes in the Financial Post about the weakening rental housing markets. See the URL below for the column. https://financialpost.com/real-estate/listings-skyrocket-while-leases-are-up-and-rents-are-down-making-sense-of-the-complex-covid-rental-market? “Rental markets are showing…
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Calls for significant changes to our parking standards
Yemi Adediji from Ryerson University’s Urban Analytics Institute explains why changes need to be made to Toronto’s outdated parking standards. See video: https://globalnews.ca/video/5487982/calls-for-significant-changes-to-our-parking-standards Disclaimer and Acknowledgements: This…
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Why above-ground parking may be the best bet in the age of self-driving cars
Haider-Moranis Bulletin: Because autonomous vehicles will require less space for parking, underground structures could become redundant. Advances in transportation technology are transforming the way we…
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Housing affordability is getting worse even though prices are falling. How is that possible?
Haider-Moranis Bulletin: Housing affordability only partially depends on prices. Regulatory changes, such as the stress test and mortgage rates, play a large role, too. Conventional…
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Canada’s big-city housing markets are all at different stages of the cycle, April figures show
Haider-Moranis Bulletin: While some markets might have started to recover, others still have to experience more moderation in sales and prices CIBC says drop in…
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Two policy moves killed residential rental construction in Canada, and we’re still feeling the effects
Haider-Moranis Bulletin: Households with affordability challenges have lengthened rental tenures, resulting in very low rental vacancy rates and rapidly rising rents One in…
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How housing is helping immigrant families close the wealth gap
Haider-Moranis Bulletin: For immigrant families, housing alone has been the primary driver of wealth growth The recent slump in real estate sales and prices in…
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