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Canada’s recreational property market hasn’t seen an influx of listings and is unlikely to at all this year, according to Re/Max Canada’s 2024 Cottage Trends ... More

Median home prices in the country’s recreational housing markets are forecast to rise 5% in 2024 as demand grows for scarce listings.

The pandemic-era robustness observed in Canada’s recreational real estate segment has moderated amid mounting borrowing costs coupled with reduced demand, according to a ... More

After reaching record high sales prices at the height of the pandemic, the cottage market in Ontario has mostly softened into balanced territory, making it a better time for ... More

And it has nothing to views, location, or even price.

There are few things more Canadian than a weekend at the cottage, but given the leisure property’s appreciation potential, shielding it from capital gains taxes is ... More

RE/MAX survey finds 74% of regions are seeing an uptick in prices

Recreational homes are attracting strong interest from millennials but for many they are not second homes but the only ones they can afford.

Price of vacation homes is expected to rise 5.8 per cent by end of September. Retiring baby boomers and gen-Xers are driving recreational home sales as they look toward ... More

The slowdown in Toronto’s housing market is not reaching cottage country several hours away, where vacation properties are changing hands quickly and prices are still ... More

The May long weekend is the traditional kick-off to cottage season. But long before the snow melted this spring, equity-rich baby boomers from the city had been turning up the ... More

As new mortgage rules come into effect that will limit the borrowing power of many buyers, there's uncertainty about the consequence this will have on Toronto's red-hot ... More

Earlier this week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced tax changes that were aimed primarily at foreign investors in Canadian real estate to ensure they abide by our ... More

It seems impossible to find a haven from Toronto’s real estate bidding wars in 2016 – even for buyers looking as far afield as Muskoka’s cottage country.

The recreational property segment in Canada is seeing a trend of steady growth fueled by record-low interest rates and a generous loonie-greenback exchange rate, a recent study ... More

Owen Sound is emerging as a hotspot for retirees and American investors, according to one industry vet, following record numbers in home sales in the month of May and strong ... More

Canada’s Muskoka region ranks only behind the Cote d’Azur in France as the world’s fastest growing recreational real estate market, according to ... More