Canadian Apartment Properties (CAR.UN.TO)

Phenomenal, long-term track record of owning great buildings, managing them well, and increasing rents over time. The only REIT he owns, so that's his pick in the sector.

CHP.UN is far more defensive. Great portfolio, with about 20% in industrial warehouse space (a sector he's quite bullish on). If you want defense, this is your better bet.

With CAR.UN, you have to think about affordability and how defensive is the tenant base and the cashflow from that base. Great portfolio, with higher concentration in Ontario -- something to keep in mind if you're concerned about tariffs and loss of manufacturing jobs in southwestern Ontario. See his Top Picks.

One of her 2 picks in the space, as warehouse and residential growth outshine retail REITs.

Given Trump, you need defense like this. Low immigration and rent control weighed on CAR.UN. In a recession, people will be evicted, and in a better economy, those vacated units will be priced higher. A sustainable business model. Now, the price is attractive. 

REITs are very correlated to interest rate expectations. Last year, he took a close look at this and was not enthused. Immigration is gone, no longer a tailwind, and its dividend is merely okay. Long-term, office REITs have the best outlook in REITs.

Tilts toward the higher-end of the market, seeing more softness than others. Highest exposure to GTA, where there are pockets of new supply. Rental growth stalled in Toronto; investors are more likely to chase markets with more growth such as BEI.UN or KMP.UN.

It's at the bottom of the trading range. He's watching it. It last bottomed in 2023 then bounced off. Many REITs like this are rangebound which bounce up and down. He likes such stocks--you know the top and bottom of a stock. CAR.UN may be reaching a bounce. Maybe. If you own it, hang on and see.

The REIT world is very interest-rate sensitive, as is your house. Watch your real estate exposure across your net worth. If you didn't own a house, an excellent play. Low vacancy, largest Canadian provider.

Generally, caution is warranted in apartments. Stocks are now coming into interesting levels. Great population growth, but could turn negative next year. Very good portfolio. Selling older buildings and buying new from developers. So cashflow growth should improve -- buildings won't need such extensive repairs, plus new buildings are not subject to rent control.

Sale of manufactured housing communities business will give them lots of cash. Look for share buybacks. Long term, feels good about multi-family residential. Just sit through the mid-term volatility.

It is in a sideways, tradable pattern and tried to break out but failed. It is stuck in a range so trade on the pullback.

In his balanced portfolio to provide income rather than growth. Not the greatest ride for REITs the last few years. Not seeing the pickup in turnover needed in multi-family residential, people need to leave so you can get higher rents. Lots of buildings are under rent control. Yet maintenance costs keep going up.

Cleaned up balance sheet, sold some assets. Future depends on more turnover, which won't happen until interest rates are at a more attractive level (which encourages more people to start buying houses).

Long-term, yes, for residential REITs, like apartment ones. They also benefit from more immigration. This leads to higher rents. InterRent, Minto and CAP are his preferreds in this space. CAP is the biggest, and they hold a super-quality portfolio that they've been upgrading in recent years. All these are focused in Ontario. but they benefit from lower interest rates. A caveat: Ottawa is slowing immigration to Canada, which feeds demand for apartments. Expect choppiness, but these are good holds.

The pay around a 3% dividend, so considers this an income stock. The private apartment rental market they're in is very tight. Half their apartments are in Ontario which has a rent increase cap, so rent rises only 2.5% upon renewal, but over 20% if a tenant leaves. So there's room to raise rental rates to market rates. Also, they're good at selling pre-2018 properties and buying post-2018 ones which don't have rent control.

Exposed to rising interest rate payments on debt used to buy properties. Good yield is in competition with no-risk bonds. Multi-family housing. Tailwinds from immigration and housing shortage.

REIT sector has lagged with interest rates going up. Largest in Canada. Feels rental market will stay quite strong and robust. Good demand with immigration. Shortage of multi-family housing across Canada. 50% exposure in Ontario, which has rent control. Selling older properties, investing in newer and refurbishing. Yields only around 3%, but very safe, good potential for increases. Buys back stock instead of a high dividend.

Press report of offloading manufactured homes, accounts for only 5% of its business. If came through, capital would be deployed into capital recycling program to invest in more modern units.