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Quarterly price trend report shows most major markets posted gains.

The recent slowdown in Canada’s hottest housing markets is turning a corner and a potential new price boom is threatening to frustrate would-be buyers’ hopes.

While this season usually brings a wave of interested buyers, economists wonder if we’ll see a spring thaw in the market this year.

Moody's revises its outlook for the Canadian banking system to stable from negative, as the ratings company now sees the Canadian government less likely ... More

Foreign ownership, speculation perceived to be the most influential factors according to a recent report by CMHC.

Luxury home prices across Canada have remained “relatively resilient” this year so far despite lower sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Greater Vancouver, ... More

By all indications, 2017 has proven to be a tumultuous period in the mortgage and real estate spheres, but a markets observer argued that this year will offer a measure of ... More

Conventional economic factors including population, incomes and borrowing costs accounted for less than half of the 40% surge in Toronto home prices between 2010 and 2016, ... More

There was a small increase in national home sales in August, reversing a four-month trend of decline, as the GTA rebounded.

While various quarters have cited supply scarcity as a central driver in Toronto’s long-running housing affordability issues, latest census data actually belies that ... More

The dramatic rise in Canadian house prices has been making headlines almost daily. But Canada isn’t the only country experiencing skyrocketing home prices.

In May, the Teranet–National Bank National Composite House Price Index™ was up 2.2% from the previous month, the largest May gain in the 19-year history of the ... More

Efforts to rein in Toronto's hot housing market and recent problems at mortgage lender Home Capital are unlikely to hurt Canada's national real estate market as low ... More

For the last three years, analysts have been predicting a Canadian housing crash and ensuing recession, yet the economy continues to chug along and house prices are still ... More

According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales were up on a month-over-month basis in March 2017.

Apprehension grows over the region's steep price gains, causing many to search for property in regions beyond the GTA.

Buyers in the Toronto Region can expect mad competition for homes to continue.

Toronto Real Estate Board President Larry Cerqua announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 12,077 residential sales through TREB’s MLS® System in ... More

Toronto’s housing market is likely to stay strong for the rest of the year, with home prices jumping as much as 25 per cent, amid hints that speculators are fuelling ... More

The ever-rising home prices in Toronto are set to gather pace and require policy measures to curb speculation according to economists.

In the first two months of 2017 there were 2,876 such sales, up from 1,548 in the same period of 2016, a top real estate brokerage reports.

Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa is urging Ottawa to address speculative investing in the country's housing markets by changing how such profits are taxed.

According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales were up on a month-over-month basis in February 2017.

Canadian home prices rose in February as prices continued to climb in the hot Toronto market, data showed on Tuesday in a report that was unlikely to alleviate concerns from ... More

The continued boom in the housing market in the Greater Toronto Area continues to push other Ontario markets higher.

The government remains “very focused” on monitoring the Canadian housing market, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said. His remarks come amid rising prices in Toronto ... More

Add Canada’s largest bank to the growing chorus of lenders worrying about unsustainable price growth in Toronto. Sparking speculation that further mortgage rule ... More

Toronto Real Estate Board President Larry Cerqua announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 8,014 residential sales through TREB’s MLS® System in ... More

Well, this may be the first time in recent memory a big bank economist has used the feared B-word in relation to real estate. Bubble.

A study commissioned by the Toronto Real Estate Board considered the impact of GO’s Regional Express Rail expansion on Toronto region housing prices and ... More