Tag: housing
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Toronto Needs To Build At Least 50% More Homes To Restore Affordability
Toronto home prices have fallen from their peak and rent growth has slowed, but Canada’s housing agency is warning that the recent improvement in affordability may not last. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Toronto still needs to increase its annual housing construction pace by at least 50% for the next decade to…
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2026 Ontario Property Tax Rates By City: Here’s Where Homeowners Pay The Most
Property tax rates vary dramatically depending on where you own a home in Ontario. In some municipalities, the 2026 residential property tax rate is below 0.8%. In others, it is approaching or exceeding 1.8%. That can translate into thousands of dollars in difference every year for properties with the same assessed value. For example, a…
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Calgary’s Record-Breaking Home Construction Is Actually Shrinking Its Housing Shortage
Calgary has spent the past several years building homes at a record pace, and new data suggests all that construction is actually making a measurable difference. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Fall 2026 Housing Supply Report, Calgary is one of the few major Canadian housing markets where the estimated housing supply gap…
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Edmonton Is The Only Major Canadian City Without A Housing Supply Shortage
Canada may be struggling with a massive housing shortage, but one major city appears to be bucking the trend. Edmonton is currently the only large Canadian housing market with no measurable housing supply gap, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s new Fall 2026 Housing Supply Report. CMHC says housing construction in Edmonton has…
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Ottawa Condo Construction Just Fell 49% As Developers Shift To Rentals
Ottawa’s new housing market is undergoing a major shift as condominium construction falls sharply and purpose-built rental apartments take over a growing share of development. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Fall 2026 Housing Supply Report, Ottawa condominium apartment starts fell 49% year over year. At the same time, purpose-built rentals now account…
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Toronto Condo Construction Has Collapsed With Just 156 Units Started In The First Half Of 2026
Toronto’s condo construction slowdown has reached a dramatic new level, with just 156 condominium units started in the City of Toronto during the first half of 2026. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s latest Housing Supply Report, that is a massive drop compared with the previous decade, when the city averaged roughly 7,000…
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Calgary condo prices have dropped nearly $46K from their peak
Calgary’s condo market has changed significantly from the red-hot conditions seen just a couple of years ago, with apartment prices now sitting roughly 13% below their 2024 peak. According to the latest data from the Calgary Real Estate Board, the benchmark price for an apartment-style condo in Calgary fell to $295,400 in August 2026. That…
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Toronto Housing Starts Just Fell 10% As New Construction Slows
Toronto needs significantly more housing in the years ahead, but the latest construction numbers are moving in the opposite direction. New data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows housing starts across the Toronto area fell 10% year-over-year in July 2026, driven by a decline in multi-unit construction. A total of 1,540 homes started…
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Toronto Is Getting Up To $2.7 Billion To Build More Than 5,600 Rental Homes
Thousands of new rental homes are coming to Toronto as part of a massive new housing investment announced by the federal government and the City. On August 5, Toronto and Ottawa announced a partnership worth up to $2.7 billion aimed at accelerating construction of purpose-built rental housing across the city. The plan is expected to…
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Every Province Ranked by Housing Affordability in Canada
Housing affordability looks very different depending on where you live in Canada. In some provinces, average home prices remain below $400,000. In others, buyers are still facing price tags close to or above $800,000, even after several years of market cooling. Based on the latest available provincial home price data, here is how every Canadian…
