Real estate demographics

Baby Boomers and the real estate market

Posted on Mar 12, 2020 in Real estate demographics

A report released this week that in part addressed “trends related to aging and its impact on the housing aspirations” in major  Canadian cities is getting a lot of traction with the large demographic known as the “Baby Boomers.”
The report's “headline” was that 86 per cent of Baby Boomers (and “older” adults) in four major metropolitan areas, includ...

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Millennials and home owners — a market match?

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Real estate demographics

Question: What is the impact of millennials (ages 24 to 39) going to be on the real estate market in the decade that is now six weeks old?
Answer: Like just about everything when it comes to being clairvoyant...who knows?
Research company KPMG tried to get a leg up on this for the 2020s by polling millennials. Here is what the results showed today’s...

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