Economic headwinds are weighing on the outlook for Canada’s housing market, pushing plenty of potential homebuyers to the sidelines and exerting continued downward pressure on prices. In most markets, that’s bad news for anybody hoping to sell their home in the months...
A planning application before the Lucan-Biddulph council is drawing close scrutiny from farming advocates and potentially testing the provincial government’s commitment to protecting Ontario’s agricultural land. The proposal seeks to convert over 100 acres of prime...
How far would Canadians move to find a home they can afford? For nearly half, the answer is up to an hour away. Others would go further still, including eight per cent who would consider leaving their province altogether. According to the Remax Canada 2026 Fall...
Housing reform is moving the needle, but Canada still isn’t even close to building enough homes, according to speakers, industry leaders and experts, policymakers and economists at Housing Summit 6.0 hosted last week by the Residential Construction Council of Ontario...
The 2026 municipal election is a pivotal moment for housing policy. On Oct. 26, voters across Ontario will elect mayors and councillors who have significant influence over how much housing gets built, where it gets built, how quickly projects move forward and...
You’ve cleared the planning department, secured your zoning, and finalized your urban design. Under traditional real estate assumptions, you’d be preparing to break ground. But in Ontario’s current development landscape, you might actually be sitting on an unbuildable...
A private family company tied to a co-founder of Clearwater Seafoods is betting that Canada can significantly expand the amount of factory-built housing it constructs each year. Prefabricated housing, in which a home or more often parts of a home, such as walls, are...
As housing affordability remains a challenge for millions of Canadians amid the heightened cost of living, a new survey suggests many are open to alternative options like modular homes if it means getting easier access to the real estate market. The survey report was...
The housing crisis is one of our greatest economic and social challenges. Recent government measures have provided some much-needed help, but modest progress is not enough. The reality is that housing construction continues to fall far short of what is needed to...
Canadians are increasingly open to different ways of becoming homeowners, but a new report suggests builders are having trouble delivering the lower-cost homes buyers need. New research commissioned by Meridian Credit Union, Ontario’s largest credit union, found 62...
