News

• GTA market fundamentals to remain robust going forward by Neil Sharma

  Exceptional job growth in the Greater Toronto Area, along with consistently high immigration, has spurred strong rental demand through the first half of 2019

• Alberta housing bill delinquency at its highest rate in six years by Ephraim Vecina

  Meanwhile, the arrears rate for the rest of Canada is steadily shrinking

• Canadians are growing more optimistic about the market’s prospects by Ephraim Vecina

  Economic recovery and lower borrowing costs are helping buoy this optimism

• GTA detached home sales surge south of Hwy. 401 by Neil Sharma

  Fifty-one percent of GTA neighbourhoods saw double-digit increases in sales volume, 75% of which are south of Highway 401

• Edmonton rental market spurred by steady recovery in employment by Ephraim Vecina

  Much of the demand is coming from the energy sector’s renewed vitality

• Leading lender credits revitalized market for its Q2 performance by Ephraim Vecina

  GTA’s resurgence fed into this strength, Home Capital Group CEO says

• Home renovations are costly, prone to errors by Neil Sharma

  Jennifer Skingley and her partner—the former an erstwhile project manager and the latter an executive manager—are meticulous planners, so no detail was spared when they planned a home renovation. However, no amount of planning could have prepared them for the aggravations they would subsequently endure

• Offices and apartments are bolstering GTA commercial investment by Ephraim Vecina

  These asset classes contributed much to the GTA’s $5.8B Q2 2019 commercial investment volume

• Calgary can look forward to a more balanced residential market by Ephraim Vecina

  During Q2 2019, year-over-year sales volume increased for the first time in over five quarters

• Office construction heats up in Toronto suburbs by Neil Sharma

  Since the beginning of the century, new office construction has left Toronto’s suburbs for the downtown core, but that’s beginning to change.