美国地产业巨擘特朗普集团（Trump Organization）的顾问George Ross认为，加拿大房地产市场尚未发挥全部潜力。

“加拿大经济充满活力，有些人应该趁早介入，并利用好时机，”特朗普集团（Trump Organization）的执行副总裁及高级法律顾问George Ross表示，“我认为市场尚未被充分利用——而不是已经过度利用。”

George Ross认为，投资者应该在加拿大房地产市场进行长期博弈。他对加拿大商业新闻网络电视台（Business News Network）说：“我不认为买进-卖出模式或卖空就是答案。”

George Ross自1996年起就一直在特朗普就职，是特朗普的左膀右臂。他在真人秀“谁是接班人”（The Apprentice）节目中表示，加拿大经济没有被潜在的房地产投资者充分利用。

“房地产投资者被加拿大吸引是因为钱，但他们不谈论需要多长时间才能得到回报，他们也不会告诉你，一旦入市你也可能挣不到钱。”

考虑加拿大按揭及房屋公司（CMHC）最近发布的数据，这真是一个有趣的立场。CMHC的报告称，接下来的两年，加拿大房屋开工量和价格增长都将出现一定的滞涨。

根据加拿大Crown Corporation最新的房地产预测，2015年该国房屋开工量预期下降4.1％，在166,540和188,580个单元之间，同期房价预计将上涨3.4％。

至于近期，预计2016年房屋开工量在162,840和190,830个单元之间；2015年加拿大房产均价在402,139加元至439,586加元之间，2016年均价在398,191加元和457,200加元之间。

Crown Corporation在官方新闻中说：“多重上市服务系统（MLS）的销售结构正如预期一样发生了变化，购买者更加偏爱中等价位的房屋，这也很好地解释了房价增长放缓的原因。”

Trump advisor sees opportunity in Canadian market

Canadian real estate hasn’t reached its full potential, according to one real estate mogul’s advisor.

“Canada is a vibrant economy and some people ought to step in and take advantage of it” said George Ross, executive vice president and senior counsel to the Trump Organization. “I think it’s under-utilized – not over-utilized.”

Ross has been advising Trump since the 1970s and has worked for Trump since 1996. He is also featured in “The Apprentice.”

According to Ross, investors should play the long-game when it comes to Canadian real estate. “I don’t think the buy-sell or the short sale is the answer,” Ross told BNN.

“[Real estate investors] are attracted because of the money, but they don’t talk about how long it takes to get the money and they don’t take about the fact you could be in there and not recover what you invested.”

It’s an interesting stance, considering CMHC’s recently released data is calling for fairly stagnant growth in terms of starts and prices over the next two years.

Housing starts are expected to decline by 4.1 per cent – and range between 166,540 and 188,580 units -- in 2015. Prices, meanwhile, are expected to increase by 3.4 per cent, according to the Crown Corporation’s most recent housing forecast.

As for the near future, housing starts are expected to range between 162,840 and 190,830 in 2016.

The average price is expected to fall between $402,139 and $439,586 this year and between $398,191 and $457,200 in 2016.

“The gradual slowdown in the rate of price growth is explained by the expected change in the composition of MLS sales toward more moderately priced homes,” the Crown Corporation said in its official release.