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Data issued today from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) showed continued softening in the Canadian property market in February, with declines in all headline numbers and weakening growth in its composite MLS Home Price Index.

Statistics Canada’s New Home Price Index was up 2.2 per cent year-on-year in January, following a similar rise the previous month.

It’s long been rumoured, but now a report is offering a more tangible link between China and the health of the B.C. housing market.

A proposed registry of former grow-ops in Ontario would allow Realtors to better alert investors to the potential hazards of buying those homes, argues the province's real estate association.

The dearth of multifamily properties in urban centres has some investors removing inspection clauses from their purchase offers – a calculated move that may come back to bite them, cautions one expert pointing to Canada’s very “diverse” housing stock.

New data from the Calgary Real Estate Board suggests the residential resale market is off to a flying start, just ten days into March.

According to a new report from TD Economics, the housing market is not in any danger of crashing over the next ten years. That said, it isn’t pegged to perform admirably, either.

Slumping February numbers for housing starts nationwide in no way reflect the spectacular growth shown in Toronto.

Investment guru David Chilton was one of 60-plus experts to guide delegates at the third-annual Investor Forum Toronto – the event focused on professionalizing the industry and helping Canadians “deepen wealth through real estate.”