New home sales in Oakville picking up speed
The latest report from Trimart Research Corporation highlights Oakville as one of the top selling cities in the Total Market Area (TMA) for new low-rise homes. With 365 sales last month, Oakville is a hot market right now. It’s interesting how sales are
Barrie and Whitby are real estate markets to watch!
The latest report from Trimart Research Corporation highlights Barrie and Whitby as a couple of the hottest new low-rise markets in the Total Market Area (TMA) at the moment. The Gallery by Barrie’s largest builder, Pratt Homes, was a huge success and
Is Toronto growing as much as we think?
When it comes to Toronto’s red hot housing market, we’ve heard the same news for so long, we take it as a given: demand outstrips supply. But there’s more to the story, and a recent report features an original angle.Cited in a Toronto Star article this
Ontario housing starts dropped by nearly 20%
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its monthly housing starts figures, announcing that starts trended upward in April 2017, despite the nearly 20% decline in Ontario. National housing starts trended at 213,768 units, compared to
Increased resale listings a sign of cooling?
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its monthly resale housing figures for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for April 2017, announcing a significant year-over-year increase in resale listings. TREB also provided their key findings related to a
5 factors preventing new housing supply from meeting demand
Newinhomes.com had the pleasure of attending a residential land-use seminar hosted by Ryerson University’s Centre for Urban Research and Land Development (CUR). Don Given, founding partner and President of Malone Given Parsons (MGP), lead the seminar
New appeal body replaces OMB, sort of
The City of Toronto this week announced it had established an independent appeal body to “provide quick and efficient hearings on appeals of land use decisions made by the Committee of Adjustment” — and in doing so, replaced the much-maligned Ontario
Sales centre traffic high despite fewer home sales
According to the latest report from Trimart Research Corporation, new low-rise sales across the Total Market Area (TMA) dropped compared to last year. But, demand is clearly still strong given the high amount of sales centre traffic and successful
GTA resale condo market heating up
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) recently released its Greater Toronto Area (GTA) resale condo market report for the first quarter of 2017, announcing that sales and the average selling price saw double digit year-over-year growth, while new listings
5 Canadian housing markets at risk
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its quarterly Housing Market Assessment (HMA), announcing overall problematic conditions, despite a few housing markets making an improvement in the last three months. “While the overall
