More than a third of parents with kids under the age of 18 indicated that they intend on helping their children pay their rent.

Despite billions of dollars in new spending over the last four years, Jean-Yves Duclos concedes that seniors and families seeking housing and child care are still facing serious cost crunches.

The annual pace of housing starts picked up in March after a sharp slowdown in February, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Monday.

Canada's housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won't push prices up more than a few tenths of a percentage point.

Analysis of data from the U.S. Federal Reserve indicates that this is a higher share of national wealth than real estate takes up in the United States.

As intentions to buy a home continue to climb in Canada, 35 per cent of those surveyed indicated that they'd be receiving financial assistance from family for the down payment.

Of those choosing to renovate, over half are doing so to avoid jumping into Canada's tumultuous housing market.

The Bank of Canada says surging prices in real estate markets like Vancouver and Toronto are not sustainable at their current pace.

Canada's much-watched housing market is sending out mixed signals these days - even for analysts.