Canada’s Housing Strategy

TORONTO — Ontario introduced measures Thursday that would allow for more housing to be built beyond urban boundaries and in rural areas as projections suggest its target of building 1.5 million homes by 2031 is falling out of reach.The…

VANCOUVER — Home construction in British Columbia will need to rise to unprecedented levels to offset the impact of record immigration on the housing market, the B.C. Real Estate Association said in a new report on Tuesday.The province…

TORONTO — Projections in Ontario's budget for housing starts show the province's target to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years slipping further out of reach with each passing year.Nearly 100,000 homes were built in the province in…

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts climbed 13 per cent in February.The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the second month of the year…

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts fell 13 per cent in January.The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the first month of the year was…

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…

TORONTO — Rent prices in Canada grew at a record pace last year as the country saw the lowest vacancy rate since 2001, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said.In a report released Thursday, the federal housing agency said the…

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in November edged down 0.2 per cent compared with October.The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in…

OTTAWA — A new report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says government alone can't solve the country's housing affordability challenges.The scale of the problem is so large that the private sector must be involved, says the report…

By Patrick Penner, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterTRI-CITIES DISPATCHWith interest rates rising, transactions in the Tri-Cities' real-estate market have significantly slowed from record highs in March.Prices have seen a…