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New condominium sales plummeted to a 27-year-low during the first six months of 2024 as a “sharp downturn in construction starts” in Toronto continued to impact ... More

Discrepancy debunks notion that construction industry is 'sitting on supply,' say developers

Province holding rent increase guideline at 2.5 per cent in 2024

Speaking from Queen’s Park on Friday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a halt to all residential construction in the province.

Condo developers in Ontario looking to sell units to millennials and first-time home buyers could be barking up the wrong tree, according to a new survey from OREA.

Ontario home warranty provider will require greater disclosure and information sheets.

Real estate flipping in the Waterloo region is mostly committed by investors from the Greater Toronto Area, according to a new report by Canada Mortgage and Housing ... More

The Ontario government has passed legislation which aims to tackle the province’s housing crisis.

Industry association also wants its regulator to have more power to 'kick out' unethical agents

Ontario was the epicentre of Canadian home price growth in the past 5 years, according to a new analysis.

Right now, buyers often blindly offer more than what they had wanted to spend in hopes of beating their competitor.

Sales of new homes should be positive in 2019 despite the challenges of affordability and interest rates.

Stricter mortgage qualification rules pushed buyers to the sidelines, as year-over-year double-digit sales decreases became the norm.

Starting immediately, rent control rules will no longer apply to buildings and flats being rented for the first time, the Progressive Conservative government announced ... More

The Ontario Real Estate Association is making more than three dozen recommendations to the provincial government on how it should update the rules governing realtors, including ... More

The Ontario Government is planning to repeal legislation that would require home sellers to obtain a home energy audit before the sale.

Condominium lawyers are waiting to see how the jurisdiction of the online Condominium Authority Tribunal expands, while mediators say online dispute resolution will become more ... More

Unaffordability isn’t expected to abate in the Greater Toronto Area any time soon, but as more and more people are discovering, there are cheaper places to live slightly ... More

Parents re-entering the market after their children stayed home longer than normal, survey says.

While the Toronto residential market has seen the median cost of its housing shrink in Q2 2018, price growth accelerated in other major Ontario locales such as Kitchener, ... More

Current price correction in Ontario housing market does not resemble historical price bust periods according to the latest report from Canada Mortgage and Housing ... More

The impact of the Ontario’s Fair Housing on foreign buyers of the province’s real estate has been revealed by the finance ministry. Finance minister Charles ... More

Condo dwellers in Ontario will soon have an easier time charging their electric vehicles at home, part of a province-wide plan to reduce emissions and fight ... More

There has been a sharp drop in sales of luxury properties in the Toronto area, but real estate agents are optimistic of improvement. This is according to a report released ... More

A new report ranked Ontario’s largest metropolitan areas by real estate market performance and suitability for investment over the next 5 years.

With reduced buying power, house hunters will scoop these properties up

Ontario's new condo tribunal is accessible but will only mediate and adjudicate one kind of dispute to begin.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said 2,438 new housing units were launched in the Greater Toronto Area in October, a 42-per-cent drop from 4,204 units in the same month last ... More

A renewed boost of consumer confidence will make itself apparent in the increased stability of Ontario’s residential real estate market, a few months after the ... More

In an announcement earlier this week, the government of Ontario stated that it has established a new team tasked with removing the multiple barriers to housing construction and ... More