Residential Real Estate News
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Liberating Toronto’s employment lands for housing, jobs
Ken Greenberg has what he calls a “breakthrough idea” to address the needs for affordable housing and jobs and to... -
Plazacorp earns Tarion honour, keeps building condos
Plazacorp has been named Tarion’s high-rise builder of the year, and senior vice-president Scott McLellan said it’s an honour the... -
ICM predicts Calgary rebound, invests in apartment build
ICM Group has partnered with Alberta-based PK Developments and Providence Group to build a 135-unit apartment complex in Marda Loop,... -
Purpose Alliance REIT offers residential investment platform
Purpose Investments Inc. has acquired an interest in Alliance REIT Management Corp., a Canadian residential real estate investment platform now... -
Hugh Heron, Mattamy, Great Gulf big winners at BILD Awards
Hugh Heron’s companies have built more than 8,000 homes and over a million square feet of commercial and retail space....
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BIZ Two JV developments to build 2,200 apartments in Toronto
Two joint ventures have been formed to construct about 2,200 apartments in Toronto — 30 per cent of them designated... -
BIZ Changing skyline: Edmonton’s downtown rental market
GUEST COLUMN: Over the past few years Edmonton has witnessed a substantial transformation in new development within the downtown core.... -
BIZ Saskatoon apartment vacancy stays high as rental rates fall
At 14 per cent, Saskatoon’s rental apartment vacancy rate is at a level that might spur Vancouver or Toronto’s embattled...
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Recent Residential Real Estate News
$85M NYC apartment comes with trip to space
A 15,000-square-foot, 10-bedroom duplex condo in New York City comes with a $1-millon yacht, two Rolls Royce Phantoms, a Lamborghini,...Ottawa the market to watch this year
The shortage of resale listings is contributing to a seller’s market in Ottawa, where more than a fifth of the...U.S. rental market just heating up: Tricon Capital
Last quarter, Tricon Capital Group Inc. (TCN-T) used proprietary software to scrape 100,000 house listings in the U.S. Sunbelt states. It put...Proposed N.L. tenants act strikes balance: Service Minister
There is finally a plan to repeal and replace Newfoundland and Labrador’s current Residential Tenancies Act. Sherry Gambin-Walsh, minister of...April home sales drop to seven-year low
April home sales dropped to a seven-year low for the month, the kickoff to the busy spring real estate season,...Featured Columns
Value: Weighed and Measured »
Can affordable housing and rapid mass transit co-exist?
Rapid mass transit is often regarded as the prescription for cities suffering from traffic congestion. A way for urbanites to...
Commercial Real Estate Insider »
Hydro usage penalties, and how businesses can avoid them
Thousands of Canadian businesses are unwittingly paying hydro penalties which are, in most cases, buried in their monthly hydro bills....
The Long View »
Building better communities, one shopping centre at a time
For too long, suburban living has been perceived to be all about the automobile, home-ownership, detached properties and sometimes a...
The Saskatchewan Edge »
Still passionate after 40 years . . . just getting started
I was 20 years old when I made my first serious attempt at selling myself. I had come to the...
CRE Tech: Riding the Digital Wave »
Choosing a CRE Tech Platform: Find a solution you’ll stick with
Today’s CRE Tech space hardly resembles the world in which my co-founders and I launched VTS in 2012. Back then,...
The Title Page »
Title insurance — a matter of opinion
“What more am I getting?” This is one of the first questions people ask when their lawyer suggests purchasing...
Capital Commentary »
CMHC underwriting mortgage changes
If you are already an apartment building owner or looking to purchase an apartment building then you have two mortgage...
Let's Make Things Interesting »
What to expect from the Vancouver housing market
What will the year 2017 hold for real estate and development in the lower mainland? It’s a question that has...
The Apartment Building Expert »
Understanding cap rates in the apartment sector
Capitalization rates, or cap rates, are a way of estimating the general rate of return of an apartment building by...
The Crowdfunding Corner »
Ontario Finance Minister updates CRELA at luncheon
Ontario Minister of Finance Charles Sousa recently told Commercial Real Estate Lenders Association (CRELA) members he would like to see...
Westcoast News »
Vancouver’s plan for False Creek Flats falls short
The False Creek Flats area of Vancouver is the last bastion of opportunity for creating a diverse mix of industrial...
The Numbers Game »
Can mid-sized homebuilders survive influx of public money?
When I started my career 15 years ago in Texas, most major homebuilders in Dallas operated across the state, and...
The Legal Corner »
‘Personal Delivery’ means just that
This article has been contributed by Darrell Gold LLB with Robins Appleby LLP.Virtually every agreement contains a notice clause and, if...
BOMA Canada News »
BOMA Regina hosts BOMEX for the first time
For the first time in its history, BOMEX® came to the Queen City of Regina! From September 20-22nd, BOMA Regina...
National Viewpoint »
A ‘Net Zero’ home: What does it really mean?
In Canada, our new homes are already some of the most energy efficient in the world. There has, however, been...
Finance Re-imagined »
Debunking the myths around Vancouver real estate prices
The big news out of Vancouver recently has been the release of a report by Resonance Consulting about the future...
The Strategic Broker »
A boom for rental as owners cash out of homes
Today, millions of Canadians have been blessed with unprecedented wealth due in large part to one key financial asset: their...
