Canadians blame foreign buyers for home prices growth, despite the official numbers Although foreign buyers represent a small share at Canada's largest housing markets, homebuyers in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are sure they have a great impact on the market activity. According to the survey by...

Trade conflict between U.S. and Canada will definitely affect the central bank’s rate decision During a speech to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce on this Wednesday, the central bank’s governor Stephen Poloz said the growing U.S.-Canada trade conflict would definitely come up in the...

City Council can make a huge impact on Toronto’s housing market today Today, the City of Toronto votes on two proposals which could help in solving the supply issues still affecting the real estate market. One of them offers creating an all-encompassing Housing Committee, the other...

Can Toronto housing cooling expand to hot condo market? The cooling trend seen in certain sectors of the Toronto real estate market may expand to of the hottest segments soon – condos. New rules make it more difficult to get a mortgage, and borrowing costs are...

Odds of a rate hike go down due to weaker inflation The inflation reached annual 2.2% last month, following the same numbers seen in April. The recent report by Statistics Canada says all eight components showed higher consumer price index, but more than half of them...