Homebuyer

• ‘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, 2023
  
• Vancouver Island municipality offers homebuyers down-payment grants

  The Victoria-area city of Langford is offering a helping hand to those who have a dream of owning their own home by providing a five-per-cent down payment on their purchase.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2021
  
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• Peterborough-area builder Kings Custom Homes, owner convicted of illegal building

  Kings Custom Homes had collected more than $1.1 million in deposits for 29 homes.

  Consumer

  Nov 21, 2018
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• Here’s the income you need to pass the mortgage stress test across Canada

  What's the bare minimum that will allow you to buy an average-priced home? We did the math.

  Money

  Apr 14, 2018
• B.C. tears down 1st time homebuyer loan program, after just 3,000 people signed up

  The province says just 3,000 people took advantage of a loan program for first-time homebuyers.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2018
• Oregon home sold after ‘Free Pizza for Life’ clause added to contract

  What started as a joke became very real after an Oregon man offered “free pizza for life” while negotiating to buy a new home – and the seller accepted.

  World

  Jun 3, 2015
• Jan. 20 is the cheapest day of this year to buy a house

  "On average, when we averaged out the five years, we noticed that from January to the second-lowest month, which is July, average homebuyers would save over $22,000 on a property."

  Jan 13, 2015