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Tariff uncertainty foils ‘slam dunk rebound year’ for national home sales: CREA

April 15, 2025 No Comments

The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2025, while the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March was down 9.3% compared with a year ago.

Average asking rents decrease for sixth straight month to $2,119: report

April 8, 2025 No Comments

A new report says the national average asking rent in March was $2,119, marking the sixth straight month of year-over-year declines.

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Downtown office market notches slight improvement despite tariff threats

March 31, 2025 No Comments

Canada’s downtown office vacancy rate marked its first, if slight, improvement since the start of the pandemic, said a report out Monday from CBRE Group Inc.

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EV-ready parking spots should be required in new apartment builds: report

March 26, 2025 No Comments

New multi-unit buildings across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a possible way to spur EV uptake, a report released Wednesday suggested.

Vacation home market slows after pandemic boom, but prices still rising: Royal LePage

March 26, 2025 No Comments

While fewer Canadians may be looking to buy a vacation home in some regions compared with years past, a new report says prices are expected to increase in 2025 as demand still outpaces supply across most markets.

CREA reports home sales fell in February amid tariff uncertainty

March 17, 2025 No Comments

Home sales in February fell to their lowest level in more than a year as homebuyers stayed on the sidelines amid the uncertainty created by the trade war with the United States, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Monday.

Rent prices fall 5% in February, reaching lowest level since July 2023

March 11, 2025 No Comments

Average asking rents nationally were down 4.8% year-over-year in February, reaching the lowest level since July 2023.

Ontario’s housing market reset: New data reveals shifting buyer trends and investor pullback

February 20, 2025 2 Comments

Ontario’s housing market has been characterized by extremes in recent years, and some new data paints perhaps the clearest picture yet of how the market has shifted.

Competition Bureau probing if landlords used AI to set rents

Competition Bureau says it’s probing whether landlords are using AI to set rents

February 19, 2025 No Comments

The Competition Bureau has confirmed it’s investigating the possible use of AI-driven algorithmic pricing in Canadian real estate rental markets.

Home sales dented by tariff worries in January as listings surge: CREA

February 18, 2025 No Comments

Tariff uncertainty put downward pressure on home resales in January while total listings saw one of the biggest spikes in decades, said the Canadian Real Estate Association on Tuesday.

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