The head of Canada’s housing authority implored the nation’s lenders to “reconsider” offering mortgages to highly leveraged households, saying excessive ... More

Canadians spent an estimated $80 billion on renovations in 2019, and plan to take a bit of breather this year because of COVID-19. ... More

The trend in housing starts was 204,376 units in July 2020, up from 199,778 units in June 2020, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is ... More

Effective this week, it gets a little easier to buy a house or refinance. ... More

While shrinking mortgage delinquencies during the first quarter have set the stage for even lower Q2 readings, analysts warned that a significant increase might take place after ... More

The second quarter saw the resulting impact from the rapid spread of COVID-19 and mandatory lockdowns that began in mid-March. Working from home became the new normal, streets ... More

Why US major retailers choose bankrupcy protection? Coming very soon to Canada ... ... More

Toronto Regional Real Estate Board President Lisa Patel announces that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 11,081 sales through TRREB’s MLS® System in July 2020 ... More

The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says condominium apartment sales in the region have fallen by since last year, but the average selling price is up. ... More

Canadians who owe the tax man are getting another reprieve because of COVID-19. ... More

Toronto’s condominium market showed significant slowdown in the second quarter, with sales dropping to their lowest levels since 2009, according to the Q2-2020 Condominium ... More

This fall, loan payments unemployed borrowers kicked down the road must start being repaid again, plus interest ... More

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, homeowners have had a lot of time to reassess what they need in a home. For some, this has meant considering a new property outside of the city, ... More

Latest data from Statistics Canada showed that e-commerce flourished in the months following the widespread implementation of COVID-19 mobility restrictions – leading into ... More

Condos in Toronto’s downtown core have become increasingly out of reach of most household budgets, skewing what it means to be “middle-class” in one of ... More

There are some financial maxims younger generations hear from well-intentioned parents and other figures in their lives, but experts say that many of those go-to personal finance ... More

The Ontario government has passed Bill 184, Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020 into law as a way to provide stability to the province's rental ... More

A limited supply of houses for sale, paired with rising demand as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions lift, have caused real estate prices in Toronto to skyrocket over the past few ... More

Despite prices swelling in a number of Canadian markets, the most recent Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index claims Canada’s housing market has ... More

Toronto’s commercial segment continues to labour under adverse conditions, with the downtown market recently seeing a spike in office vacancies. ... More

The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent. ... More

Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) reveal national home sales and new listings continued to rebound in June 2020. ... More

While Canadian housing starts have gained momentum and are on pace for more than 200,000 this year, CIBC World Markets managing director and deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal ... More

Renewal and refinance activity has spiked since lockdowns were lifted according to a recent report. ... More

Strong June home sales data from Toronto and Vancouver finally gave wary homebuyers and industry professionals the dose of good news that they’d sorely needed. ... More

Canadian household debt has shown relatively muted increases despite growth in the mortgage segment, according to data from the central bank. ... More

A significant fraction of Canadian business tenants are expecting their revenues to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels within 12 months, according to a recent survey by the Bank ... More

Toronto’s real estate market appears to be roaring back to life, but some housing industry observers believe prices are being propped up by a combination of government ... More

Greater Toronto Area home sales are rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic and prices are on the rise, but completed transactions are still short of where they were last year, the ... More

Toronto city council voted to make masks mandatory in enclosed, public places last week following recommendations from the medical officer of health. Most of the GTA is moving in ... More