It is well known that the pandemic and pre-longed shutdowns have disrupted production of various products and created shortages. The initial thought was that this would create temporary inflationary pressures on price levels. However, when combined with the fact that the Federal Government is printing large sums of money to pay for economic stimulus the question becomes whether inflation will be temporary or more structural in nature. The cost of borrowing has recently risen

RENT TO OWN ELECTION PLATFORM: A recent article pitches the latest attempt to address housing affordability. The Liberal platform attempts to make strides on home ownership through a rent to own program. Despite certainly having good intentions it is likely to help only those that were close to having saved enough for a down payment. In other words, it would not help to accelerate the pace of home ownership for someone that is in the early stages of financially planning fu

There is no shortage of coverage relating to incoming President Biden in the USA. Traditionally, a new government coming into power when a country is in a state of uncertainty is viewed positively by the citizens. As a valuator I remind myself of how important stability is to the capital markets. There is an important linkage between capital markets and commercial real estate. The common denominator among every investment is capital. Where investors decide to place that