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Real Estate Magazine: Federal government announces $4B housing accelerator fund

The Canadian government has launched a housing accelerator fund (HAF)— a $4 billion initiative aimed at speeding up housing development in Canada an... Read More

Mar 20, 2023

The Star: What do I need to know about real estate-related fraud?

For most people, a real estate transaction will be their single biggest financial undertaking. So, it is absolutely crucial they do their due diligenc... Read More

Mar 20, 2023

National Post: New federal rules will make Canada’s housing supply crisis worse

On the first day of this year, the federal Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act came into effect. While the govern... Read More

Mar 20, 2023

Real Estate Magazine: Canadians remain optimistic about long-term financial performance of real estate: report

An overwhelming majority of Canadians remain confident about the long-term financial performance of residential real estate, according to a recent rep... Read More

Mar 20, 2023

BNN Bloomberg: CMHC says annual rate of housing starts climbed 13% in February

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts climbed 13 percent in February. The national housing agency says the seasonal... Read More

Mar 16, 2023

Village Media: Pace and scale of Ontario building code revamp causing some concern

Ontario’s building code is going through a long, arduous update process and the latest phase of consultations was recently posted to the provincial ... Read More

Mar 15, 2023

CBC News: Ontario's young adults are leaving the province in droves. The soaring cost of living is to blame

Ontario might call itself "a place to grow," but Nicole Forster, a 25-year-old nurse from London, Ont., whose pay has been frozen for years in a chron... Read More

Mar 15, 2023

Real Estate Magazine: National Rent Report: Annual average rents rise 9.7% in Canada

Rent prices in Canada have increased by 9.7 percent on average year-over-year in February, according to the latest National Rent Report by Rentals.ca ... Read More

Mar 15, 2023

Better Dwelling: Canadian Mortgage Payments Are Taking Up A Record Share of Income

Canadian real estate is sucking up the oxygen in the room once again, as rising rates pinch households. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows househ... Read More

Mar 14, 2023

NewNewsLedger: Op Ed: Anti-developer hyperbole threatens affordable housing in Ontario

As the housing crisis in Ontario continues, legislation is finally being passed to address the severe lack of housing supply. Bill 23, or the More Hom... Read More

Mar 14, 2023

Real Estate Magazine: Canada will have 1.45M new homebuyers by 2025. Where will they live?

New research from Statistics Canada points to a painful but unavoidable truth. Canada wants lower home prices and higher immigration, but we can’t h... Read More

Mar 13, 2023

Press Release: Legends Row Mississauga

Mississauga, ON: Legends Row, Mississauga’s Walk of Fame is pleased to announce the Induction of three new members f... Read More

Feb 19, 2023

STOREYS: “A Death Sentence for the Greenbelt”: Experts Weigh in on New Housing Plan

At the end of the day last Friday, when all eyes were on Ontario’s impending education strike, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clar... Read More

Jan 25, 2023

STOREYS: As Rents Across Canada Increase, is Co-Op Housing the Answer?

Affordability, whether it be your rent or your groceries, is becoming more and more of a problem across Canada, but there is one thing that isn’t be... Read More

Nov 09, 2022

Real Estate Magazine: Who is the Canadian home-seeker?

This year has been volatile for the real estate market and the many trying to enter it. Increasing prices, inflation and recent spikes in mortgage rat... Read More

Nov 07, 2022

The Star: Ontario backtracks on Greenbelt pledge with plan to allow housing on 7,400 acres

The Ford government has backtracked on its promise not to touch the protected Greenbelt lands, announcing that it would open up 7,400 acres for new ho... Read More

Nov 07, 2022

Saugeen Times: Sweeping powers for development under new More Homes, Built Faster Act

The province in a media release sets out the new proposed More Homes, Built Faster Act, and, if passed, that will set out sweeping changes for municip... Read More

Nov 04, 2022

STOREYS: The Canadian Real Estate Trends to “Reset” the Industry in 2023

Canadian real estate companies are at a defining junction. In contrast to the booming conditions of the past few years, interest rate hikes, runaway i... Read More

Nov 04, 2022

Postmedia Network: New home construction out of reach?

New construction is increasingly out of reach due to rising costs of construction and the resale market is expected to heat up as a result, according ... Read More

Oct 31, 2022

STOREYS: Post-COVID Real Estate Trends May Be Hard to Keep Up With

In March 2020, cyclical real estate trends took a backseat to mass, of-the-moment decision making: out of the core, into the suburbs, and as soon as p... Read More

Oct 31, 2022