Minto Apartment REIT (MI.UN-T)

Did its IPO two years ago but has been around for decades. Its main focus is the Ottawa market but also covers Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. Trades at a wide discount to the private market value of its assets. There is a bit of a structural deficiency in trading terms. It is at a good price with occupancy increasing.

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks In the past month, Minto has performed -5.1% vs. CAP REIT’s -7.7%. Then again, one could argue that the market is reacting to the pressure that the overall apartment sector faces and not just the high-end units. Read Top REITs in Canada : MI.UN Stock and GRT.UN Stock for our full analysis.

It trades at a discount. It focuses on key urban centers. It benefited from strong net immigration and this will pause short term. He believes immigration should continue going forward. Every time a tenant moves out they can move the rent higher.

BEI.UN-T, MI.UN-T and CAR.UN-T. REITs are an interesting universe right now. There is mortgage deferral relief, commercial rent relief. Residential is the best place to be right now. CAR.UN-T would be the best one. BEI.UN-T has a good component out west with potential risk for Alberta. People are going to need places to live and if they can't pay their mortgages then they will have to rent.