Canadian housing starts remain steady through March 2019 Image

Canadian housing starts remain steady through March 2019

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released its housing starts data for March 2019, but there’s not much to get too excited about as construction remained steady to wrap up the first quarter of the year. 

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Hundreds of buyers line up for the New Kleinburg grand opening! Image

Hundreds of buyers line up for the New Kleinburg grand opening!

Last weekend, we popped in at the New Kleinburg grand opening. We heard that people were lining up days before, so we had to see it for ourselves. Turns out it was even busier than we thought it would be. 

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CMHC explains why the First-Time Home Buyers Incentive will work in Toronto and Vancouver Image

CMHC explains why the First-Time Home Buyers Incentive will work in Toronto and Vancouver

Last week, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation came to the defence of the First-Time Home Buyers Incentive (CMHC will be the organization partnering in the shared equity mortgages).

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Moving out of the city? Here’s where homes are most affordable along the GO Transit line Image

Moving out of the city? Here’s where homes are most affordable along the GO Transit line

This increased interest in the 905 housing markets is evident in the growing usage of GO Transit, the provincially-owned regional transit network. It boasted a ridership of 56.6 million people in 2018, upping service by 13% to 217 weekly trips.

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Housing slowdown gives first-time buyers a chance in Canada’s biggest cities Image

Housing slowdown gives first-time buyers a chance in Canada’s biggest cities

Royal LePage recently released the results of its House Price Survey for the first quarter of 2019, which focuses on the three most popular housing types: two-storey homes, bungalows, and condos.

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OAA announces selections for the inaugural SHIFT Challenge Image

OAA announces selections for the inaugural SHIFT Challenge

The Ontario Association of Architects announced its selections for the inaugural SHIFT Challenge, which aims to encourage architects, engineers and designers to solve societal issues with their skills and expertise. 

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Greater Toronto Area resale housing market remains steady through first quarter of 2019 Image

Greater Toronto Area resale housing market remains steady through first quarter of 2019

The Toronto Real Estate Board released its resale housing market results for March 2019, reporting steady sales and prices, though the market remained tight. TREB also continues to blame the mortgage stress test for slower sales. 

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Have questions about the new home building industry? Now’s the time to ask Image

Have questions about the new home building industry? Now’s the time to ask

Have you ever had a question about the new home building industry or land development in the Greater Toronto Area? Thanks to Building Answers, you can now get all the answers you need. 

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Montreal real estate on course to set new records this spring Image

Montreal real estate on course to set new records this spring

Which Canadian housing market do you think will be a leader in 2019? If you said Montreal, then you would be right, at least according to Sotheby’s International Realty Canada. 

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Why the King Street Transit Pilot should be permanent Image

Why the King Street Transit Pilot should be permanent

I just heard that a Toronto City staff report recommends making the King Street Transit Pilot permanent. I am happy to hear this. 

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