Canada Real Estate

• Buyers have returned to Canada’s housing market. When will sellers follow?

  The housing market in Canada has been warming this spring after a rapid rise in interest rates put a chill in buyers and sellers alike.

  Canada

  May 15
  
• ‘Never been a harder time’: Here’s the income you need to buy a home in Canada

  Despite home prices lowering across much of the country, Canadians will still need to earn more to be able to buy a home than before, according to a new report from RateHub.

  Canada

  Apr 20
  
• Advertisement
• Hoping to buy a home? Canadian prices forecast to rise by end of 2023

  Royal LePage has adjusted its price forecast for 2023 given stronger-than-expected demand and limited supply. It now expects a price increase.

  Canada

  Apr 13
• Advertisement
• Canada eases some rules around foreign homebuyers ban

  Amendments to the foreign homebuyers' ban will allow some non-Canadians to purchase residential property in certain circumstances and help add to Canada's housing supply.

  Canada

  Mar 28
• Title insurers must be under anti-money laundering rules, former executive says

  The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada says there are two main avenues for real estate fraud involving titles to properties and bogus foreclosure proceedings.

  Canada

  Mar 28
• What the Bank of Canada’s rate hold means for the spring housing market

  A hold in interest rates from the Bank of Canada could bring some prospective buyers and sellers off the sidelines and into the housing market, some observers say.

  Money

  Mar 9
• A look at the ‘daunting’ costs many Ontario homebuyers face in their 1st year of ownership

  New analysis is shining some light on the "daunting" costs many Ontario homebuyers face in their first year of ownership, particularly in the Toronto area.

  Canada

  Feb 23
• Rents in Canada are through the roof. Here are the most expensive cities

  After hitting a record high, the average monthly rent remains above $2,000 for the second straight month in Canada, according to a national report.

  Canada

  Jan 20
• Advertisement
• New home building in Canada slowed in December, CMHC reports

  The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in December was 248,625 units compared with 263,022 in November.

  Economy

  Jan 17
• Advertisement
• Canada needs skilled immigrants to help build home supply, housing minister says

  With more than a fifth of Canada’s construction workers set to retire in the next decade, integrating skilled immigrants will be essential, Ahmed Hussen says.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2022