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TORONTO — Ontario should speed up new housing approvals, increase skilled trade immigration, and ``rein in'' municipalities introducing varying green building standards, a residential builders' group is telling the government.The…

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the chill across the province's property sector will drag on through this year, but it calls for a strong rebound in 2024.The association makes the prediction in its housing…

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada contemplated not raising interest rates last month but with the economy outperforming expectations, its governing council ultimately decided in favour of one more rate hike before taking a pause.In its…

OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says that although a slowing economy may not seem like a good thing, it is when the economy is overheated.Speaking in Quebec City Tuesday, Macklem said that higher interest rates are working…

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says January home sales were more than halved from the year before and down 21 per cent from December.The board says sales for the month totalled 1,022, a 55 per cent drop from the…

TORONTO — The Greater Toronto Area's real estate board saw home prices plateau in January after being in free fall and depressing sales since spring, but brokers see a return to activity already taking shape.The Toronto Regional Real…

VANCOUVER — Home sales in Greater Vancouver are predicted to stay in line with last year's slower pace, while prices inch up slightly.The forecasts are contained in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's outlook for 2023 released…

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew slightly in November and looks to have stalled further at the end of the year as higher interest rates began to slow spending.Statistics Canada's preliminary estimate for real GDP in December indicates…

A new study from UBC’s Sauder School of Business shows that owners of $3.7-million homes in Vancouver pay just $15,800 in income tax. “They’re sitting on some of the most expensive real estate in North America, but owners of the…