Special Housing Reports

High interest rates are exerting a growing toll on Canada’s housing markets. Early results from local real estate boards for October showed the broad softening of transaction activity continuing—as demand cooled in the face of elevated ownership costs. The strong influx of sellers seen in previous months paused in several markets (including Toronto, Vancouver and […]

Sellers are returning to the housing market. September was a case in point where new listings increased sequentially in all major markets.

The new tax regime is said to be part of a suite of incentives intended to build more homes and enhance housing affordability in Canada.

Canada’s housing markets for the most part are seeing more balanced conditions as the fall season is about to get underway.

The Bank of Canada’s nineth and tenth rate hikes took the wind out of many real estate markets’ sails.

The initial reaction to the Bank of Canada’s June rate hike—and the prospect for a follow-up in July—has been mixed across local housing markets.

Sellers are beginning to warm up to recovering housing markets. Early reports show a rise in new listings in May.

There were hints for some time the cyclical bottom would be reached this spring but April pretty much sealed the deal.

The Canadian housing market correction has yet to run its course but it’s gradually letting up.

For the most part, Canada’s housing markets started 2023 the same way they ended 2022: quietly.

Canada’s housing markets are still squarely in correction mode.

The mortgage stress test has been a source of tension from the moment Ottawa rolled it out in its current form in 2018.