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Affordable housing targets will be ramped up, particularly for rental housing, should Tory be re-elected
More than half of the homes declared vacant by their owners were in downtown Vancouver or the West End ... Read more
Rising construction costs and other factors are making it harder for developers to proceed ... Read more
Lots of people are entering the market with help from affluent parents ... Read more
Jim Oliver has announced new rules to minimize the risk to mortgage insurers and lenders. Read more
A senior official from the Bank of Canada is warning that the government is overexposed to the housing market. Read more
National Bank economist Marc Pinsonneault says that we should be concerned about the housing market but not the much-talked-about heat in Toronto and Vancouver. Read more
October’s average home sale price was up 9 per cent on a year earlier in Toronto according to figures from local real estate board. Read more
The Real Estate Investment Network has published a study on the residential real estate investment sector and ranks Calgary and Edmonton as top picks. Read more
It’s been named as Canada’s least affordable city and figures from the CMHC don’t give any comfort to those struggling to buy a home in the city. Read more
The governor of the Bank of Canada said that it would not be a good idea to raise interest rates in a bid to tackle imbalances in certain sectors of the economy Read more
House prices went up again in Calgary last month; rising 10 per cent compared to October last year. Read more
A new quarterly report from Desjardins says that Vancouver is Canada’s least affordable market currently, due to house prices relative to income. Read more
A new rental supplements program in Nova Scotia will give the region a much needed boost for affordable housing for seniors and low income families. Read more
A recent poll shows Canadians spend a higher percentage of their income on housing. Nearly 43 cents of every dollar goes towards housing costs in Canada. Read more
The latest Canadian Emerging Trends Real Estate report from PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that office construction is not slowing down in our major cities. Read more
Construction next year should be pretty much in line with 2014 according to new figures from the CMHC. Read more
Data from CMHC has revealed predictions for house prices and sales levels over the next 2 years with most markets continuing to see price rises. Read more
The Conference Board of Canada predicts that we’ll all have a little more money in our pockets in 2015. Read more
In its monetary policy report released yesterday the Bank of Canada admitted that some of our markets are far from a soft landing. Read more
A new report suggests that we are far from the end of market growth, at least in some parts of Canada. Read more
Canadians want to live near the city core rather than the suburbs and that’s driving the housing market. Read more
Is the real issue in Toronto down to income divides rather than the urban/suburban divide? Read more
Buying a vacation property in the U.S. could land you with an extra tax bill. Read more
John Tory promises to tackle Toronto’s affordability crisis
By Michael Mata |
25 Apr 2018