Are you curious how your house or condo has appreciated over time compared to the average in the city? Or how those average price increases look versus the stock market? Well then you came to the right place. This is the third time I've compiled these numbers (following Q4 2016 and Q2 2016). I will excerpt some charts in this blog post, but the full report is available here on this website, or as a SlideShare presentation. Please note... [read more]

Are you curious how your house or condo has appreciated over time compared to the average in the city? Or how those average price increases look versus the stock market? Well then you came to the right place. I've been compiling this after the June and December market statistics are released. Here's where you can find the posts for Q2 2017, Q4 2016 and Q2 2016. I will show some of the charts in this blog post, but for the full picture, the... [read more]

Are you curious how your house or condo has appreciated over time compared to the average in the city? Or how those average price increases look versus the stock market? Well then you came to the right place. I've been compiling this after the June and December market statistics are released. Here's where you can find the posts for Q4 2017, Q2 2017, Q4 2016 and the first primitive one I did for Q2 2016. I will show some of the charts in this blog post, but for the full... [read more]

Are you curious how your house or condo has appreciated over time compared to the average in the city? Or how those average price increases look versus the stock market? Well then you came to the right place. I've been compiling this after the June and December market statistics are released. I will show some of the charts in this blog post, but for the full picture, the entire ROI report is available on the ROI report section of my website, or... [read more]

Last week there was a press release from the Building Industry and Land Development Asssociation (BILD) that got a fair bit of attention in the press with its headline of "Price of low-rise homes more than doubled in last decade." Adjectives like impressive and exponential were used to describe the growth. Easy there, tiger.  Rule of 72 "Double in 10 years" is only 7.2% a year (assuming compound interest — see the handy "Rule of 72"... [read more]