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Headquartered in San Francisco, Salesforce, the cloud-based software maker has made the statement that it will let most of its employees work remotely post-Covid, at least for part of the week. Similar announcements have been made by other…

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines.Workers in high-contact…

OTTAWA – The country's annual inflation rate in November rose to its fastest pace since the start of the pandemic, driven by a rise in prices for homes, rent and goods around the house.Statistics Canada said Wednesday the 1.0 per cent…

The jump in home prices seen in many cities this summer and fall was beyond what could be justified by Canadian income levels and population growth, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said in a new report released Wednesday.The comment…

The Canadian Real Estate Association expects the national average home price will rise 9.1 per cent to $620,400 in 2021, in one of the most optimistic forecasts yet for the real estate sector.The real estate association says it expects…

Builders broke ground on more homes in November as construction on multi-family housing picked up in Vancouver and Montreal, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said on Tuesday.The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts rose…

Statistics released by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales continued running at historically strong levels in November 2020.National home sales edged back 1.6% on a month-over-month (m-o-m) basis…

HALIFAX – Single mother Harley Newell faces a harsh choice: either battle to remain in an apartment in need of repairs or pursue the faint hope of finding publicly subsidized housing in a small Nova Scotia town.The 29-year-old single…

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…