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OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging a hefty foreign home buyers' tax and ``massive'' investment in housing to chill a boiling-hot real estate market.Unveiled Thursday at a virtual news conference, Singh's election…

CALGARY – Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a pandemic-driven surge in demand that has jolted lumber and construction panel prices to all-time highs.However, such advice usually falls on deaf…

CMHC has released its 2021 Spring Housing Market Outlook report. According to the CMHC report, home sales and price growth will moderate from unsustainable 2020 levels but remain elevated. This is expected as economic growth and employment…

Urbanation Inc. has released its Q1-2021 Condominium Market Survey results. Urbanation’s survey reports that new condominium apartment sales in the Greater Toronto Area totaled 5,385 units in the first quarter of 2021, coming within close…

Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) set a new record for April and amounted to more than quadruple that from April 2020 – the first full month of the pandemic, according to the Greater Toronto Real Estate Board (TRREB). Bucking the…

TORONTO – The federal environment minister says he is designating a controversial highway project in the western Greater Toronto Area for assessment.Jonathan Wilkinson says there are clear areas of federal concern with the project…

Calgary set a new record for April home sales as the market continued to rebound from lows triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city's real estate board said Monday.The Calgary Real Estate Board said 3,209 homes were sold in the city…

Economists say the Canadian dollar is at a 'sweet-spot' after rising for seven straight days to top 81 cents US, a point where it benefits consumers but doesn't hurt businesses too much.The loonie traded for 81.34 cents US Thursday, the…