Canadians Investing in US Real Estate
Low interest rates, favourable exchange turn U.S. into hotspot
EVEN FOR INVESTORS IN CENTRAL CANADA, WHERE THE METROPOLISES OFFER DIMINISHING RETURN ON INVESTMENTS, THE UNITED STATES OFFERS DENSELY-POPULATED MARKETS WITH STRONG FUNDAMENTALS AND NO SHORTAGE OF RENTAL DEMAND.
All across Canada real estate prices continue to rise at an incredible rate making buying an investment property an increasingly difficult task. The Canadian government has mismanaged the real estate market so insidiously that investors may find themselves struggling for cash flow and high ROI. This has many looking South of the border for investment opportunities.
Savvy Canadian real estate investors have, for years now, known about real estate hotspots south of the border, and with the pandemic catalyzing interest rate cuts courtesy of both the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve, there’s arguably never been a better time to invest in the United States.
“Over the last two months, we’ve seen record-high requests for mortgage preapprovals from Canadians looking to buy real estate here in the U.S.,” said Alain Forget, RBC Bank’s director of business development. “A lot of Canadians are COVID- and winter-fatigued and they are getting ready to make a move, and of course the U.S. market in a state like Florida has a lot to offer.”
The US real estate market (in contrast with the Canadian real estate market) was built on capitalist ideologies, less red tape, more incentives to develop, and real estate friendly tax rules, meaning there is a far greater opportunity for higher returns. Investors always go where the returns are.