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While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues.
A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don’t have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat.
Are you nearing retirement and still paying off your mortgage? You’re not alone.
A B.C. Realtor who loaned his clients the money they needed to buy a property he was selling committed misconduct and has been fined $15,000, according to the professional regulator.
If you’re looking to jump into the real estate market, there is no better place than the Maritimes to open your cheque books, according to a new list.
Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister’s recent claim that home prices don’t need to go down in order to restore housing affordability.
The May long weekend marks the unofficial start of cottage season for many Canadians, but a new report says some looking to buy a vacation home of their own are holding back until economic tensions settle.
When a church in Toronto’s west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead.
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned “to the quiet markets we’ve experienced since 2022.”
According to a new report, housing affordability in Fredericton, N.B. has worsened at a dramatic pace as the median home sale price jumped 85 per cent in five years.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in April rose 30 per cent compared with March.
A B.C. couple that sold a home must reimburse the buyers for the cost of cleaning up the mess left behind by a “hoarder” tenant, the Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled.
The number of homes that changed hands in the Montreal-area rose in April compared with the same month a year ago, despite other major Canadian cities seeing home sales decrease amid uncertainty over the economy.
Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area were down 23.3 per cent in April amid continued uncertainty over the economy, as prices fell for the third month in a row.
In Canada’s largest housing market, the number of unsold condominiums keeps rising.
Marv Gandall says living in one of Victoria’s largest residential buildings a year ago meant a parade of people with suitcases, stuffed visitors parking and slow elevators.
