One of many benefits to setting up shop in SK

Altus Group has recently released its 2022 “Canadian Property Tax Rate Benchmark Report,” which provides some interesting stats.

Although Saskatoon and Regina both raised commercial tax rates, with Saskatoon increasing by 3.3% to $16.15 and Regina by 2.74% to $17.14, Saskatchewan’s costs are far below the national average.

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Debunking CRE real estate myths

Myths are described as either traditional stories of phenomenon or more commonly a widely held but false belief or idea.

I’ve tackled commercial real estate myths before but I think it’s due time to add a few more to the list.

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Slow but steady road towards sales proceeds

Patience is a virtue for multi-tenant investment sales final adjustments

All parties to a sale (brokers, property managers, buyers, sellers, and lawyers) must be prepared for the process necessary to calculate occupancy cost adjustments at sale closing.

If you’re selling multi-tenant commercial real estate, the final statement of adjustments that your lawyer provides could take a couple of months to complete.

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Required steps to valuing development lands

As brokers, landowners engage us to provide an opinion of value on development land.

At the same time, those landowners often offer, what is believed to be, comparable land sales within close proximity to the subject property.

What they may not realize is that there could be a whole back story to that supposed comparable land sale that render it incompatible as a sale comp.

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Seeking: Like-minded commercial condo owners

Condo ownership can be likened to a long-term personal relationship.

This is probably most relevant in residential examples; your home tends to be more sentimental than your work environment.

You spend a lot of time at work. Due to that time investment into your business you want to do everything to ensure a property will serve you for the long run.

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Gap narrowing between CRE financing and returns

The markets are pricing in five, quarter point interest rate increases in 2022 which will result in commercial mortgage rates ranging between 4 to over 5 per cent.

What will be the consequences of this increase to the commercial real estate investment market?

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Best practices for negotiating Commercial Real Estate

There are many working parts in offering to purchase or lease a commercial real estate property.

Determining the strategy you will employ in a negotiation, however, can have a big bearing on the outcome.

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Don’t let Tenant insurance fall through the cracks

Insurance is a difficult line item to justify sometimes until you need it.

Do I have enough? Can I actually access it if I need to?

What happens if I just don’t have any?

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