Canadian Apartment Advisors

06/06/2026

Have you ever wondered why so many apartment buildings are 2 1/2 stories high?

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

As a kid, my grandparents had a house in Calgary that looked out across the city and we used to watch thunderstorms come across the valley. These days, any chance I get to stand outside and listen to the sound of the rain and smell the moisture brings me back.

06/01/2026

The headline reads like bad news. It isn't — not if you've been doing this right.

Effective June 8, 2026, CMHC is raising its expense benchmarks, which means the agency keeps tightening the screws on liquidity for borrowers.

Underwriting more conservative expenses lowers your supportable loan amount, full stop.

A lot of people are going to read that as the market getting harder. Here's the more useful way to read it:

If your deal only worked at extreme leverage — if it needed 95% to pencil — then the financing was carrying the deal. The asset wasn't. And a deal that only survives because the lender is willing to stretch was never really a deal. It was a bet on someone else's risk appetite holding steady.

That appetite is shrinking. It will keep shrinking. So the question worth asking isn't "how do I find the leverage to make this work?" It's "does this work on fundamentals?"

Real returns in multifamily come from the boring stuff: buying at a basis that makes sense, NOI you can actually grow, expenses you understand and can control, and a rent roll that holds up when the assumptions get tested. None of that depends on CMHC's posture in any given quarter.

The investors who do well over the next cycle won't be the ones who found the most aggressive financing. They'll be the ones who never needed it.

05/19/2026

✅ SOLD — 114-Unit Apartment Portfolio | Grande Prairie & High Prairie, AB

Another significant transaction closed. Portfolios of this size — spanning multiple markets — require preparation, the right buyer network, and clean ex*****on.

Want to understand why portfolio sales tend to outperform single-asset sales on a per-door basis? Reach out — happy to walk through it.

📩 Always open to a confidential conversation.

05/07/2026

If you're at the Western Canadian Apartment Investment Conference or the Edmonton Real Estate Forum next week please come say hi and join us Tuesday after for a drink. Drop a DM to RSVP.

05/01/2026

🔔 PENDING — 34-Suite / 4-Building Apartment Portfolio | Edmonton, AB

This 4-building Edmonton portfolio is now under contract. Diversified multifamily packages continue to attract serious buyers who value immediate scale across multiple neighbourhoods.

Curious why portfolios sell for more than the sum of their parts? Reach out — happy to share what we're seeing.

📩 Always open to a confidential conversation.

04/30/2026

📣 New Listing: 1000 McLeod Ave, Spruce Grove, AB

50-unit townhouse development listed at $16,362,396. Purpose-built rental in Spruce Grove — one of Edmonton's fastest-growing suburban communities.

This is significant multifamily inventory in a market where demand for rental housing continues to outpace supply.

📩 Contact us for the full information package.

04/29/2026

📣 New Listing: Giovanni Manor | 8314 – 110 Ave, Edmonton, AB

8-unit apartment building listed at $1,320,000. A well-priced entry into Edmonton multifamily ownership — ideal for first-time apartment investors or those looking to add a smaller, manageable asset to their portfolio.

📩 Contact us for the full information package.

04/28/2026

🔔 PENDING — Robin Manor | 10629 – 114 St, Edmonton, AB

20-unit turn-key apartment — now under contract. Quality, stabilized apartment buildings in Edmonton continue to attract strong buyer interest.

Curious why turn-key multifamily in Edmonton keeps trading at these levels? Reach out — happy to share the data.

📩 Always open to a confidential conversation.