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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