Canada Housing Market

• Ottawa making financing cheaper for more builders to spur rental construction

  The effort to offer cheaper mortgage rates to more builders comes as construction costs have ballooned in recent years amid expensive materials and rising interest rates.

  Canada

  Sep 26
  
• Single-family housing starts picked up pace amid overall slowdown in August

  Canadian homebuilders slowed the pace of housing starts in August, according to the CMHC, particularly among multi-unit builds in urban areas.

  Economy

  Sep 18
  
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• Home sales fell in August. Why that might be good news for buyers

  Canadian home prices are stabilizing heading into the fall, CREA said Friday, as higher interest rates cool demand among buyers and the level of new listings grows.

  Money

  Sep 15
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• ‘Unpredictable’ Bank of Canada looms over fall housing market. Here’s why

  Canada's housing market is expected to stall in the fall amid a lack of inventory and ongoing uncertainty around the central bank's interest rates, according to Re/Max.

  Money

  Sep 5
• Why some Canadians are ‘pooling their resources’ to afford a home

  Some six per cent of Canadians co-own their home with someone other than a spouse or partner, according to Royal LePage, which says the trend is growing.

  Money

  Aug 31
• 1 in 5 homebuilders are nixing projects amid high rates. Here are your rights

  More Canadian developers are slowing their pace of building or nixing projects completely. Here's what you need to know about your rights if you bought a pre-sale home.

  Money

  Aug 18
• Colleges, universities have role to play in solutions to housing crisis: report

  "Ontario has never built more than 850,000 new homes in any ten-year period. Ever. In short, Ontario must do something it has not done in over forty years, then double it."

  Canada

  Aug 17
• Should Ottawa build homes again? ‘Conversations’ happening, minister says

  The path to filling Canada's housing supply gap might see the federal government take a more active role in building homes, the federal housing minister hinted on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Aug 16
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• ‘Back to the sidelines?’ How rate hikes affected July’s housing market

  CREA says housing activity has been generally stabilizing from a busy spring as the Bank of Canada resumed its interest rate hiking cycle in June and July.

  Money

  Aug 15
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• Is housing a federal government issue? It might not matter, experts say

  The federal government will have to bear some responsibility for housing affordability concerns, especially as it dictates immigration policy, experts say.

  Canada

  Aug 14