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RE: Population and Housing - nms - 06-22-2015 It would be interested to see the actual study. Does the 32,000 beds include all forms of 'student' housing in the area, or just the private beds? Is it possible that the surplus are actually the lower end units that have not been taken off the market (ie reverted back to single-family housing)? Similarly, I would wonder what will happen to some of the apartments that were cheaply built in the last decade but that may not be as well-maintained as they could be. That could skew supply. RE: Population and Housing - BuildingScout - 08-06-2015 I've been tracking student housing for over 25 years. At no point in time has there been a surplus in housing in that time period. To the contrary, we lived in a state of dire shortages. This makes the current more balanced situation look like an oversupply, but only because after a prolong drought the first rain feels like a deluge. Back in 1990 prices were around $250-275 per room and they slowly moved up to $450-500 per room. Then the Luxe and other high end developments happened and prices jumped overnight to $500-750 per room. This took place at a time when there was no inflation, so this was a rather steep increase. Since then things have remained pretty much around that range, with not-as-desirable lower-priced units around $450 and anything nice and new at $550 and over. Until the last two weeks that is, when, first, we saw the return of the sub-$400 units. I hadn't seen anything listed in that range outside of Summer sublets in over a decade, yet today Kijiji has a decent supply of Fall'2015 units going for under $400. High end developments have started offering selective one month's free rent, which amounts to a discount from $650-750 down to $600-700. We should expect most of the jump to $750 to be given back over the next two years, since there is nothing justifying such a sharp increase. In other words, if construction is allowed to continue at this pace, as it should, I expect prices to pull back to a $450-500 per rent, with the upper end units going from $525-575, down from $650-750. RE: Population and Housing - rangersfan - 02-11-2016 Article from CBC stating Waterloo Region's population is 511,000. Why is there such a considerable difference compared to the signs one passes by to enter Waterloo Region that have stated 564K over the past few years? http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-region-population-over-511-thousand-1.3442142 RE: Population and Housing - rangersfan - 02-11-2016 For example the region's website has the population estimated at 568K at the end of 2014. RE: Population and Housing - Pheidippides - 02-11-2016 Statistics Canada does not include the 50,000+ temporary residents in its counts the region does because it stop needs to provide services to that population. They publish an annual report that goes in to the differences I'll try to find the link. The other difference is that statcan's estimate is as of July 1 each year the region's is as of December 31. RE: Population and Housing - jamincan - 02-11-2016 Those numbers are for the KCW CMA which doesn't include Wellesley and Wilmot. RE: Population and Housing - tomh009 - 02-11-2016 (02-11-2016, 10:03 AM)jamincan Wrote: Those numbers are for the KCW CMA which doesn't include Wellesley and Wilmot. That's 30,000 people difference right there. RE: Population and Housing - rangersfan - 02-11-2016 Perfect this is the information I am trying to obtain, thanks. RE: Population and Housing - Elmira Guy - 02-11-2016 Does the KCW CMA include Woolwich (the most populous of the townships) and North Dumfries? RE: Population and Housing - notmyfriends - 02-11-2016 (02-11-2016, 12:02 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Does the KCW CMA include Woolwich (the most populous of the townships) and North Dumfries? Yes. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=541&Data=Count&SearchText=541&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 RE: Population and Housing - jamincan - 02-12-2016 I imagine that Wilmot and Wellesley Townships have got to be very close to being incorporated into the KCW CMA. We'll see what happens with the next census. RE: Population and Housing - Markster - 02-25-2016 It's time again, for the quarterly "oh no there's too much housing" article! Waterloo facing sizable glut of student housing http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6342400-waterloo-facing-sizable-glut-of-student-housing/ Quote:WATERLOO — The oversupply of student housing in this city is far worse than previously thought, says an expert who tracks the investment real estate market. How unfortunate. More in the article. RE: Population and Housing - BuildingScout - 02-25-2016 (02-25-2016, 12:07 PM)Markster Wrote: It's time again, for the quarterly "oh no there's too much housing" article! Rental prices certainly do not support this conclusion, neither do the line ups for Icon 133. RE: Population and Housing - DHLawrence - 02-25-2016 So they become apartments for large families who don't want/can't afford a house. What a tragedy! RE: Population and Housing - panamaniac - 02-25-2016 (02-25-2016, 08:06 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: So they become apartments for large families who don't want/can't afford a house. What a tragedy! Not at $3,000 a month they don't. Somebody's going to take a bath. |