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Last updated Oct 14, 2026 · 6:15 AM ET
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Mortgage Rates
The association renewed its call for a secure income verification tool and backed expanded mortgage funding capacity and insurance eligibility for properties with up to eight units.
Government & Policy
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) collects considerably less aviation-related revenue per passenger than several major for-profit airports overseas, according to a new report that urges the Government of Canada to st...
New Development
VIA Rail’s long-distance services, including trains serving Vancouver and Prince Rupert, are proceeding with a major upgrade through the Government of Canada’s investment of more than $4.7 billion in new passenger rail c...
Housing Market
New heat-pump rebates and financing for apartment upgrades follow last year’s closure of the Canada Greener Homes Loan.
Renting
The pilot will require landlords in the city's downtown Ward 2 to keep at least one room in each unit below 26 C, a threshold recognized by Health Canada.
Housing Market
One victim who was in a garage at the time of the first blast suffered serious burns and was taken to hospital in serious condition.
Government & Policy
With Ontario’s municipal election on Monday, October 26, voters across the GTA and Simcoe are hearing increasingly detailed debates about housing affordability, property taxes, infrastructure, development charges, and ho...
New Development
A major new facility for storing, processing, and distributing food is proposed for Metro Vancouver, with the aim of helping British Columbia producers get their products to more customers across Canada and overseas. BC...
Renting
It’s not all grim news when it comes to Canadian real estate. Rents across Canada have been on a downward trend for two years straight, with the average asking rent now sitting at $2,034, according to a new report from R...
Government & Policy
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government is mulling its options ahead of the expiry of Canada’s foreign homebuyers ban at the end of the year.
Expert
Canada has finally begun to confront its housing crisis with the urgency that it so rightly deserves. In Ontario, policy initiatives have signalled a renewed commitment to getting more homes built. Federally, there is gr...
Government & Policy
Vancouver’s five leading mayoral candidates offered sharply different plans for reducing public disorder, controlling the escalating cost pressures of the City of Vancouver, and getting residential and commercial develop...
Government & Policy
Lorne Doerkson, the leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., announced the party’s public safety plan earlier today, promising to end open drug use in B.C.’s towns and cities. In a release, the party said that they will...
Home Buyers
Toronto property owners looking to add homes to their lots can now start from a set of drawings the City is offering for free.The City has announced four multiplex designs for its Pre-Approved Building Plans Program, whi...
New Development
The appeal of private-public funding arrangements is underscored by the financial pressures facing Ontario’s universities
Housing Market
'We have been failing young Canadians ... and we have to change it,' said Benjamin Tal
Mortgage Rates
Ontario and Alberta recorded the highest mortgage application fraud rates in Q2 as Equifax warned lenders to account for regional differences in financial stress.
Mortgage Rates
It’s no coincidence that Ontario, which has some of the highest home values in the country, also has the highest mortgage application fraud rate
New Development
A new shopping plaza east of Edmonton is getting closer to completion, and the developer has just announced an awesome lineup of restaurants expected to open there. Ever Real Estate Developments has announced seven new r...
Mortgage Rates
Canada has about 300,000 more residents than previously estimated, with revised figures overturning earlier indications that the country’s population was shrinking, according to a new analysis by Vancouver-based credit u...
New Development
The Mondria 1 condo project in Clarington, Ontario was placed under receivership over the summer, according to filings in Ontario Superior Court, and the series of events that resulted in the receivership is more unique...
New Development
For one night each year, Nuit Blanche renders Toronto a de facto art gallery, with exhibits taking over streets, parks, public buildings, and unexpected corners of the city. But while Nuit Blanche can feel spontaneous to...
Housing Market
The Toronto Region Board of Trade is urging the province to amend zoning and building code rules as it says Ontario is on pace to fall well short of its goal of getting at least 1.5 million new homes built by 2031.
Government & Policy
Over the past few years, governments have taken important steps to improve housing affordability. Ontario and the federal government have worked together to significantly reduce development charges and lower the harmoniz...
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