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HALIFAX – A temporary rent cap will be legislated as part of a wide-ranging government plan to address Nova Scotia's lack of affordable housing.The Progressive Conservative government introduced a plan Wednesday that also includes…

Real Estate

Chantal Hébert – In Pursuit of Housing: The Impact of Canada’s Federal Election

Building Oct 15, 2021

CREA REAL TIME Podcast Episode 19

Real Estate

CREA reports September home sales post first month over month increase since March

Tara Deschamps – THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 15, 2021

The Canadian Real Estate Association says September home sales edged up on a month-over-month basis for the first time since March.The association said Friday that home sales for the month amounted to 48,949, their second-highest…

Real Estate

Montreal home sales down 28% in September, lack of properties pressures prices

Building Oct 6, 2021

The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has released its residential real estate market statistics for the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) for the month of September, based on the real estate brokers’…

Real Estate

September sales down 18%, new listings down 34 per cent from last year: TRREB

Tara Deschamps – THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 5, 2021

Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the market kicked off the fall selling season with an 18 per cent year-over-year decrease in homes sold in September and a 34 per cent drop in new listings.The board revealed Tuesday that…

Real Estate

Elevated home sale activity continues to outstrip the supply in Metro Vancouver

Building Oct 4, 2021

Home sale activity remains elevated across Metro Vancouver’s housing market while the pace of homes being listed for sale continues to follow long-term averages.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that…

Real Estate

Canadian housing market moves from moderate to high degree of vulnerability: CMHC

Building Sep 28, 2021

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) says home price acceleration, alongside continued overvaluation, as home prices further detach from fundamental factors, such as labour income, has created a high degree of vulnerability in…

Cities

UBC researchers develop new tool to estimate housing affordability

Building Sep 14, 2021

According to UBC expert Dr. Penny Gurstein, head of the Housing Research Collaborative at UBC’s school of community and regional planning, Canada needs a cohesive strategy to help the more than 1.7 million people currently living in…

Urban Planning

Making ActiveTO permanent will make exercise accessible to everyone by providing open and safe space

Chloe Sher, University of Toronto Sep 2, 2021

Cyclists ride along Lake Shore Boulevard East as road closures come into effect for the return of the ActiveTO program in Toronto in May, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Yader Guzman Chloe Sher, University of TorontoSince its inception in…

Building

Real sustainability must start with the house and the home

Gary Martin Aug 19, 2021

I was a carpenter and contractor for decades during and in between university. In 2008 an old injury flared up, forcing me to start looking for something else to do. I had some pressing questions about how we build and use our homes, so I…

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