House prices in some GTA suburbs rising more quickly thank Toronto House prices in some Greater Toronto Area (GTA) suburbs have gone up more quickly than Toronto's downtown core, according to a new report from Royal LePage. Since last year, the real estate franchiser found that the average...

High levels of red tape stifling residential developments in Oakville, Oshawa, Toronto, and other communities in Ontario's Greater Horseshoe Amid increasing concerns about housing affordability in Southern Ontario, New Homes and Red Tape: Residential Land-Use Regulation in Ontario’s Greater...

How much are homes in Toronto neighbourhoods Toronto’s resale market powered through the early part of 2015 and enters fall with average prices up 10 per cent over last year. “The biggest story in 2015 has been strong demand in Toronto’s condo market,” says Realosophy Realty Inc., Brokerage...

Hamilton experiences significant home price increases in third quarter HAMILTON, ON , Oct. 14, 2015 /CNW/ - The Royal LePage House Price Survey [1] released today showed notable year-over-year median price increases for homes in the two-storey and bungalow categories in Hamilton . In the third...

Calgary housing market weathering energy downturn: Royal LePage The real estate company’s House Price Survey said the aggregate median price of a home in Calgary rose 0.8 per cent from a year ago to $465,374. Its aggregate prices are calculated by a weighted average of the median values of...

A massive investment into Cambridge Ontario will help keep it at or near the top of the Ontario Top 10 Cities for real estate in Canada Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada will invest $421 million to launch the next generation Lexus RX 350 and 450h vehicles at its assembly plant in southwestern...

Wait a minute, isn't refining what they campaigned on? AB NDP lukewarm on refinery expansions Alberta’s NDP government is offering no guarantees that it will support expansions of an $8.5-billion taxpayer-supported bitumen refinery, even as it seeks to create jobs through oil-sands processing...

Interesting question posed here: Will Alta. NDP restart boom here in #Saskatchewan? The reaction to an Alberta NDP government was predictable. What’s harder to determine is whether it is realistic. No sooner had the jokes died down about refugee camps on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, then...

Saskatchewan has lowest unemployment rate in Canada for two straight years “Last week we had record population numbers, and today’s job numbers show we have had the lowest unemployment rate for two straight years – both positive indicators for our economy,” Immigration, Jobs, Skills and...

Ontario aims to cash in on Toronto property-assessment rebates The Ontario government is trying to squeeze millions of dollars out of the City of Toronto by appealing the property-tax assessments on several provincial properties – including the Legislature Building at Queen’s Park and the...

This is about to start getting VERY real: Expiring Canada-U.S. softwood lumber deal is a priority for B.C. VICTORIA — The softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the United States expires Monday, and British Columbia is signalling that reaffirming lumber trade stability between the two...

BC LNG industry ready to take final steps British Columbia’s fledgling liquefied natural gas industry will overcome the slump in energy markets while addressing aboriginal concerns, the province’s Finance Minister says. LNG prices are weak in Asia, but the backers of major projects on Canada’s...

Construction of new arenas has a positive impact on real estate values LANGLEY, BC, Oct. 13, 2015 /CNW/ - The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) has compiled research on the impact that new arenas, such as Rogers Arena in the new "Ice District" in Edmonton, will have on real estate values...

Asia-Pacific Report: Trans-Pacific Partnership deal makes Canada a trade leader. Coast to Coast Read the full article here.

Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine places Orillia among top 100 places to invest Orillia has been recognized as one of the best places to invest in Canada — a designation that comes as no surprise to the city’s economic development manager. “I’ve been calling it the waves of inevitability,”...

Federal parties promise Edmonton LRT funding Mayor Don Iveson has high hopes for building more LRT sooner thanks to “large ongoing commitment from all three federal parties to transit funding.” During their respective campaigns, the three major parties in the federal election have promised...

Changes support tenants, landlords, and strata corporations The B.C. government has introduced legislative changes intended to support tenants fleeing family violence, reduce red tape for landlords and tenants and make it easier for members to terminate a strata corporation. Read the full...

Vancouver's runaway real estate: Don’t hold your breath for a crackdown /via @globeandmail A few months ago, a friend of mine passed along a story he felt epitomized the lunacy of what we are witnessing in the Vancouver real estate market. A buddy of his lived in a lovely home on the west...

Ignorance about basic international trade rules is muddying the debate over TPP Read the full article here.

Are you taking advantage of these strategies with the new CMHC Changes to Secondary Suite Income Usage Following the latest changes in CMHC policy has come a lot of confusion and misinformation. So I have turned to a mortgage insider to give us the real goods on what these changes mean and...