housing affordability

GTA

CondoBusiness

4 in 10 Ontario parents helped buy child’s first home

According to a new poll from OREA, 4 in 10 Ontario parents helped their adult child purchase their first residential property.
Federal government

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Task Force publishes steps to boost Ontario housing supply

Ontario’s Housing Affordability Task Force has published a report featuring recommendations to increase the province's market housing supply.
Berlin

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Berlin votes to socialize 240,000 rental properties

In a referendum held in Berlin, residents have voted in favour of socializing over 240,000 rental properties currently owned and managed by private real estate firms.
Dialog Michael Evamy

Design Quarterly

Dialog awards 2021 Michael Evamy Scholarship

Conrad Speckert, an architecture student at McGill University, is the recipient of Dialog's 2021 Michel Evamy Scholarship.
federal election

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Justin Trudeau promises “real and important change”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has been elected for a third term, with a vow to deliver "real and important change" on issues such as housing affordability and chronic rental undersupply.
blind bidding

CondoBusiness

Realtors scrutinize proposed blind bidding ban 

One of the more contentious policies to surface over the past week is a subscribed end to blind bidding.
microhome BLA design

Design Quarterly

Vancouver firm’s microhome design wins first place

Vancouver's BLA Design Group has won first place in an international architectural competition for a sustainable microhome design.

CondoBusiness

Canadian home ownership dream still alive, says report

The latest RBC Economics Housing Trends and Affordability Report indicates housing affordability has improves for the second straight quarter of 2019.
Inflation

CondoBusiness

Federal policies have negative impacts on housing markets: Report

Federal policy changes made with the intent to cool housing prices and demand continue to impact housing markets across Canada, according to a new report.
Scarborough

CondoBusiness

Housing affordability to erode further in 2019: RBC Economics

This year is unlikely to provide substantial housing affordability relief, reports the latest Housing Trends and Affordability report from RBC Economics.

CondoBusiness

TREB releases recommendations on housing supply, affordability

TREB has released recommendations on what new councillors, mayors and regional chairs across the GTA can do to ensure housing supply and affordability.

Canadian Property Management

Mixed-use developments may stifle diversity

Mixed-use developments in Toronto are creating neighbourhoods that are unaffordable for many people, according to a new study.

CondoBusiness

Mixed-use developments may reduce housing affordability: study

Mixed-use developments can make a neighbourhood too pricey for many to live in, according to a University of Waterloo study of Toronto neighbourhoods.

CondoBusiness

Meeting held on GTA housing affordability

Minister Bill Morneau, Minister Charles Sousa and Mayor John Tory convened on April 18 to discuss their shared concern over housing affordability in the GTA.

CondoBusiness

Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan aims to stabilize market

In an effort to make housing more affordable, Ontario is introducing a Fair Housing Plan to bring stability to the province’s real estate market.

CondoBusiness

Funds in federal budget to close gaps in housing data

The 2017 federal budget released last week allocates funds to shedding light on blind spots in national housing data.

CondoBusiness

Housing affordability declines in Q4 2014: RBC

The latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report from RBC Economics found that the Canadian home ownership dream became slightly less affordable in the fourth quarter of 2014. Between November and December of last year, resale activity fell 5.6 per cent, the sharpest month-over-month decline recorded in four and a half years.