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By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR Ray Ferris has been a realtor in Norfolk County for 25 years, but last month he experienced a rarity –  he sold a cottage in January. ``Generally in…

LONDON FREE PRESS Struggling small towns in Southwestern Ontario could be primed for a rebound as the COVID-19 pandemic has made rural living more appealing, a new report says. A policy report from the Ontario Real Estate Association…

ESTEVAN MERCURY Saskatoon – The whole economy changed with the advent of COVID-19 in March, 2020. But prior to that, things were, well, more normal. And that's why year-over-year realty sales figures in Saskatchewan for January, 2021,…

The Liberal government's new $15-billion climate action plan includes welcome incentives for green renovations, the Canadian Home Builders' Association said Monday. But the CHBA also warned that regulators must be careful not to raise…

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…

Royal LePage has reported that it sees housing demand exceeding expectations in the second half of 2020. According to the company, the supply of homes available for sale failed to keep pace, driving home prices higher and pushing unmet…

OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says Canadian households owed an average of $1.71 for every dollar of disposable income in the third quarter. The agency says that household debt as a percentage of disposable income rose to 170.7 per cent in…