TORONTO – RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says it is cutting its payouts to unitholders by a third as the COVID-19 pandemic creates an uncertain future for shopping centres.RioCan, which counts Dollarama, Canadian Tire and Costco…

TORONTO – HSBC says it will offer rates below one per cent for some mortgages, which rate comparison website RateSpy.com says is a record low for Canada.However, experts say the rock-bottom rate comes with costs of its own.The…

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says November home sales were down from October — but still well above the same time last year, as the market catches up to the effects of COVID-19.The board says real estate…

TORONTO — Home prices are increasing in Canada's cottage country as more buyers look to move there full-time, according to a report released Monday by Royal LePage.Prices of single-family recreational homes rose 11.5 per cent to an…

VICTORIA — Insurance companies in British Columbia have agreed to end a pricing practice that has been identified as one of the key factors in skyrocketing property insurance premiums for condominiums.Earlier this year, the B.C.…

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has launched a new land registry that it says will help combat money laundering and make the real estate market more transparent.Beginning Monday, any corporation, trustee or partnership that buys land in…

TORONTO – Almost half of Ontario's hospitals are in poor repair, a situation far worse than for the provinces roads, bridges and other infrastructure, the Financial Accountability Office reported on Thursday.In all, the report estimates…

TORONTO – The Liberal government says it will take steps over the next year to tax foreign homeowners who live outside of Canada as part of a plan to lower housing prices.It's an idea that has been growing in popularity over the last…

TORONTO STARThe number of empty units in Toronto community housing has ''steadily increased'' in the last few months, despite efforts to fill those vacancies rapidly with people living in city shelters.While the agency reached a…