Equiton in the News
Equiton positioned for growth amid Canadian real estate’s 2025 revival
With interest rates trending downward and more reductions expected in 2025, the Canadian real estate market appears poised for growth. According to Geoff Lang, senior vice president at Equiton, [...]
‘An opportune time’: Setting clients up for success amid a real estate resurgence
With rate cuts stimulating real estate activity and momentum in the capital markets, Geoff Lang, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Equiton, sees an opportunity for advisors to [...]
Equiton eyes future growth as $1 billion real estate fund expands amid falling interest rates
Leveraging rate cuts and strategic acquisitions, Equiton strengthens its multifamily portfolio and positions itself for continued success in Canadian real estate. As interest rates continue to fall, some real estate [...]
Rents forecast to soar in major cities as supply issues persist
If there’s one thing Canadians like to talk about, it’s home prices. That’s something Erkan Yönder, now an associate professor of finance at Concordia University, noticed when he arrived [...]
Can private real estate help lead Canada out of the housing crisis?
Housing affordability may be the biggest issue facing Canadians today. A poll from Abacus Data found that 64 per cent of people believe that homeownership comes with risk and [...]
Real estate investing: Cut volatility, not returns
It’s not often that bonds and stocks end up in the red in the same year, but that’s what happened in 2022 when rising interest rates sunk both asset classes. [...]
How Equiton is democratizing real estate investing in Canada
“I noticed that there was such a desire for people to invest in real estate and there weren’t a lot of options available,” says Jason Roque, the company’s founder [...]
Embracing Stability with Income-Producing Alternative Investments
“We've gone from rising interest rates to now two successive decreases. That's a completely different cycle that we’ve just entered, and it's really positive for what we participate in—private [...]
In a high cap-rate environment, NOI helps uncover the hidden value of real estate
When it comes to investing in income-producing real estate, the topic of capitalization rates (or “cap” rates) is unavoidable. Cap rates have steadily increased among most Canadian property types [...]
Real estate exposure without the landlord headaches
4.4 million Canadians own a residential investment property, according to Royal LePage. When rates stayed low between the great financial crisis and 2022, those millions of Canadians were sold a [...]