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A four-year-old girl plays house as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau makes a campaign stop in Mississauga, Ont., where he spoke of his party’s policy on affordable housing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Joel Roberts, York University,…

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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says annual pace of housing starts slowed in August

The Canadian Press Sep 17, 2021

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in August slowed compared with July as the rate of new home construction continued to slow from their highs earlier this year.The housing agency says the…

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Federal leaders argue over affordability plans as campaigns make pitch for votes

Jordan Press and Christopher Reynolds – THE CANADIAN PRESS Sep 15, 2021

OTTAWA – The question of who would make life more affordable for Canadians hit the campaign trail Wednesday with party leaders defending why their spending plans would ease pressures as inflation hit a near two-decade high.On…

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CREA lowers home sales forecast, but nudges average price higher

Tara Deschamps – THE CANADIAN PRESS Sep 15, 2021

Tight supply conditions and increasing home prices pushed the Canadian Real Estate Association to forecast the country will wrap the year with fewer home sales than it previously predicted.The association revealed an updated…

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Montreal and Quebec City real estate markets reveal downward trend in August: QPAREB

Building Sep 8, 2021

The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the Montreal and Quebec City Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) for the month of August. According to the…

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Pace of home sales slowed in August, but prices still increasing: Vancouver board

The Canadian Press Sep 2, 2021

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the city's home sales have slowed from a frenzied pace earlier this year, but supply has dwindled all summer and prices are continuing to rise.The board says August home sales…

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Affordability issues dotting campaign platforms from major parties

Mia Rabson – THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug 27, 2021

OTTAWA – Canada's main political parties say they are putting your pocketbook at the top of their agendas, with varying promises to help make everything from housing to food to mobile phone bills less costly.Affordability was…

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O’Toole takes aim at Trudeau, Singh as inflation numbers shift focus of campaign

By Jordan Press – THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug 18, 2021

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau's political opponents took aim at him on the campaign trail Wednesday over the cost of living, facing broadsides from Conservatives for the decade-high pace of price growth and the NDP for high housing prices.…

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Home sales continued to cool in July, down 3.5 per cent month over month

Tara Deschamps - The Canadian Press Aug 17, 2021

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales cooled for their fourth consecutive month in July as new supply fell in about three quarters of all markets across the country.The association said Monday that seasonally adjusted…

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Montreal real estate sales return to pre-pandemic levels in July: QPAREB

Building Aug 16, 2021

Residential real estate market statistics for the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) recorded 3,799 sales transactions in July. This represents a 29 per cent decrease in sales compared to the peak recorded in July of last year, and…

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