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October 25, 2023 – Releasing Our Fourth Episode: Building Our Legacy – Investing In Western Canadas Real Estate Market

March 31, 2023 – Legacy T3 Tax Slip Information

Industry Articles

April 26, 2024 – Why the smart money is buying single-family homes

April 25, 2024 – Why Canadian mortgage rates may be stealthily heading higher

April 25, 2024 – Calgary’s homes market expected to see strong price growth

April 25, 2024 – Forget rate relief Most Canadians with mortgages are about to see their interest payments soar

April 11, 2024 – Rent control ‘loopholes’ have seen Ontario rents rise three times higher than guidelines, report finds

April 11, 2024 – Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO

April 11, 2024 – Freeland announces housing affordability measures for first-time buyers, current owners

April 10, 2024 – The real reason the Bank of Canada wants to hold off cutting rates as long as it can

April 8, 2024 – Canada’s housing crisis poised to worsen without major reforms, RBC report says

April 8, 2024 – ‘Extremely stressful for Canadians’ Housing affordability unlikely to improve anytime soon, RBC says

April 4, 2024 – Apartment rents are so high in Calgary, they’re approaching Toronto numbers CMHC

April 4, 2024 – Ottawa launches $1.5-billion fund to protect existing rental apartments

April 3, 2024 – Vancouver is in a ‘full-blown crisis’ for housing affordability Report

April 3, 2024 – For real estate preconstruction buyers, a hard truth

April 3, 2024 – Province’s rebate changes could mean higher costs, rents property managers group

April 3, 2024 – Relief could be coming as Canadians experience “the toughest time to afford a home” RBC

April 2, 2024 – Homebuyers facing ‘toughest time ever’ to buy a home economist

February 29, 2024 – Posthaste Sidelined homebuyers just waiting for the Bank of Canada to cut rates

February 28, 2024 – Lethbridge renters feeling ignored, facing safety issues with Avenue Living

February 28, 2024 – Affordability hack Half of Canadians consider alternative home buying methods

February 21, 2024 – Posthaste There’s one big factor keeping the Bank of Canada from cutting rates

February 20, 2024 – Posthaste Canada’s housing correction has likely run its course, say economists

February 15, 2024 – Rental rates in Edmonton, Canada skyrocket while vacancy rates dip

February 15, 2024 – New home construction in January was down 10% from December, says CMHC

February 14, 2024 – Rent hits another record high in January as average asking price reaches $2,196

February 8, 2024 – Posthaste Buyer’s remorse Homeowners in these cities are counting their losses

February 8, 2024 – Why are all your friends moving to Alberta New report has some ideas

February 7, 2024 – Is it cheaper to rent or buy a house with a monthly mortgage in Canada Prices analyzed in 26 markets

February 7, 2024 – Why the final stretch of the inflation fight is perilous

February 6, 2024 – Bank of Canada’s Tiff Macklem spells out limits of monetary policy, says interest rates won’t solve housing affordability

February 6, 2024 – Posthaste Sorry Canada, this kind of inflation is sticking around — and it’s huge

February 3, 2024 – Real estate receiverships on the rise in Canada as projects stall

February 1, 2024 – Interest rates – high or low – won’t solve housing problems, Macklem says

January 31, 2024 – ‘Incredibly stressful time’ Rents continue to rise in Greater Victoria, with low vacancy rates

January 31, 2024 – Rent prices soared in 2023 as Canada saw lowest vacancy rate on record

January 31, 2024 – Average rent for two-bedroom apartment hits nearly $1,700 as Calgary’s vacancy rate plummets

January 30, 2024 – LILLEY Chow’s budget means some renters are more equal than others

January 28, 2024 – The office apocalypse will see a wave of buildings demolished or converted to residential, New York City real estate exec says

January 26, 2024 – Posthaste The coming recession will be a tale of housing versus commodities

January 24, 2024 – ‘The BoC wants to pop the housing bubble’ How economists and markets are reacting to Wednesday’s rate decision

January 23, 2024 – Calgary home prices to rise 6.5% in a seller’s market CREB 2024 forecast

January 19, 2024 – Blackstone bids to acquire Tricon Residential in US$3.5B deal

January 18, 2024 – CIBC’s Benjamin Tal on interest rates, home prices and the No. 1 risk to the economy

January 18, 2024 – Calgary rent rose ‘astronomically’ over the past two years, and there’s no end in sight

January 16, 2024 – ‘Risk of a second wave increasing’ What the inflation numbers mean to the Bank of Canada

January 15, 2024 – Canada’s ‘coiled up’ housing market to see rebound year, with price gains into 2025, CREA predicts

January 15, 2024 – Mortgage holders say they can make higher payments as Canadians cut spending survey

January 12, 2024 – Ministers say feds working to stabilize immigration levels amid housing pressures

January 8, 2024 – Real estate prices have dropped in many Ontario markets since June. These are the communities with the biggest declines

January 5, 2024 – How bad will the coming recession be for Canada

January 3, 2024 – Calgary’s rising housing prices, low inventory likely to persist in 2024 CREB

January 3, 2024 – Six BoC rate cuts, lower home prices, sticky wage growth What TD’s chief economist sees for 2024