housing

VANCOUVER – The federal government has announced $10 million to help the RCMP prosecute money laundering after a special meeting of Canada's finance and justice ministers to discuss the pervasive problem.British Columbia has been…

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says it's ''devastating'' to see the homeless count rise and the city needs more investment from Ottawa if it's going to solve the problem.Preliminary figures released Wednesday show the homeless count…

The mayor of Montréal, Valérie Plante, along with Robert Beaudry, executive committee member responsible for economic and commercial development, housing and design, as well as Craig Sauvé, associate councillor responsible for housing, have…

Toronto Real Estate Board President Garry Bhaura announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS reported 9,989 transactions through TREB’s MLS System in May 2019.Although the results show an increase of 18.9 per cent over the 15-year low…

VANCOUVER – It wasn't that long ago that prospective homebuyers in Vancouver would line up for hours to get into condo presale events or face off in heated bidding wars for a chance to buy property in one of the country's hottest housing…

The trend in housing starts was 201,983 units in May 2019, compared to 205,717 units in April 2019, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally…

MONTREAL – When Erica Fagan and her fiancé started looking for a new apartment in their St-Henri neighbourhood, they thought they had reasonable criteria: they wanted a two-bedroom place where they could bring their own appliances and their…

MONTRÉAL — As Toronto and Vancouver struggle to keep housing affordable for anyone but the wealthy, Montréal says its new, first-on-the-continent development model will help it succeed where other big cities have failed.Montréal led…

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada left its key interest rate steady Wednesday as it looked to balance mounting evidence of a domestic economic pickup against the expanding risks of international trade conflicts.The central bank kept its…

VICTORIA — A real estate market outlook by Vancouver's Central 1 Credit Union says tougher federal and provincial government housing policies are behind a drop in demand for resale housing in British Columbia.The report released on…