Housing market growth and persistent inflation challenges are hardening expectations of an increase

Activity is ramping up across the GTA ? but challenges remain

The central bank has kept the policy rate frozen at 4.5% in its two most recent meetings

The federal housing agency has revealed the latest industry trends

Higher interest rates have not been an impediment to residential investors, new report says

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) new home market rebounded in April as sales levels started to return to “more traditional” levels, according to Altus Group and the ... More

Tiff Macklem, a former second-in-command at the Bank of Canada, is returning to the central bank to take over the top job at a moment that he says cries out for bold, ... More

Canadian banks may clamp down on HELOCs to reduce the risk of spikes in sour loans, which the banks are already bracing for

Canada’s malls are facing a wave of skipped rents and could see vacancy rates triple by year-end, with the coronavirus poised to leave its scars on a fragile retail ... More

TRREB has developed a COVID-19 property tax deferral schedule for every Greater Toronto Area municipality for your convenience and use.

The national market can still provide some impetus for home price growth despite declining sales, according to Royal Bank of Canada Senior Economist Robert Hogue.

Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 1,654 home sales through TRREB’s MLS® System during the first 17 days of April – down by 69 per cent compared to the ... More

Toronto home sales tumbled in the first half of April, down 69 per cent compared with the previous year, as the coronavirus pandemic led to an economic slowdown and a huge ... More

Acquisition of expansive properties has fallen to the wayside, but commercial real estate is poised to become an even more desirable choice for investment after the coronavirus ... More

Canadian home prices could fall a “relatively modest” five per cent by July as some owners are forced to sell in the face of the economic hardship brought on by ... More

One quarter of small businesses can't make April lease or mortgage payments — and it won't get much better any time soon.

Rising unemployment and high debt is expected to boost mortgage loan delinquencies in Canada, though experts say it won’t play out like the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis ... More

Canadian banks processed more than 670,000 mortgage deferrals or skipped payments in the month since announcing a measure to help consumers weather the economic hit from the ... More

The outlook on the Canadian housing market: RBC

Nearly four-fifths of Canadians expect the economy to worsen over the next few months.

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday said the coronavirus outbreak was set to trigger the biggest ever near-term Canadian downturn but suspended its regular economic forecasts, ... More

Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales and listings were down sharply between February and March 2020.

According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast released today, the aggregate price of a home in Canada is expected to remain remarkably stable ... More

The booming Greater Toronto Area has again taken top spot on the North American Crane Index, with the region hosting an astounding 27 per cent of the cranes counted in 14 of ... More

The trend in housing starts was 204,717 units in March 2020, compared to 209,109 units in February 2020, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

Bond yields and central bank rates have never been lower, but not all the savings are filtering down.

Canada’s biggest banks have received nearly half a million requests from homeowners to hold off mortgage payments as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic ... More

Speaking from Queen’s Park on Friday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a halt to all residential construction in the province.

Despite a strong increase in sales for March 2020 as a whole, there was a clear break in market activity between the pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 periods.

Real estate listings are drying up, open houses have been canceled, and buyers are staying home.