Saving For A Home

• Canada housing market: What to expect this spring as prices drop

  The market has been sluggish since last year, when prospective buyers started putting off plans to purchase homes as the Bank of Canada aggressively hiked interest rates.

  Consumer

  Mar 22, 2023
  
• First home savings account: Banks say they’re not ready for an April 1 launch

  The first home savings account, a cornerstone of the federal Liberals' 2022 budget, will not be ready when it goes into effect on April 1.

  Money

  Mar 21, 2023
  
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• Rent-to-own a path to homeownership for some, but not a ‘magic solution’: experts

  As the federal government is pushes rent-to-own as a path to homeownership for Canadians, some experts warn it's not the silver bullet to housing affordability some might imagine.

  Money

  Aug 31, 2022
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• Here’s what it takes to buy a home in Canada’s ‘soul-crushing’ housing market

  Housing affordability has only worsened as inflation soars and Canadians struggle to save for a down payment. We break down what it takes to buy in today's market.

  Money

  May 26, 2022
• 63% of Canadian non-owners have ‘given up’ on ever buying a home: Ipsos

  More than 60 per cent of Canadians who don't already own a home have given up hope of ever breaking into the country's hot housing market, according to new Ipsos polling.

  Money

  Apr 29, 2022