Real Estate Report

Set on 20 acres in West Linn, the auto-centric mansion includes a 12-car showroom, a mechanic shop, and a game room styled as a working 1950s diner.

The power couple is reportedly under contract to purchase a Choeff Levy Fischman-designed home on North Bay Road overlooking Biscayne Bay.

The gap between the growth in GTA housing stock and the region's population is the widest it has been in over 50 years, according to the Building Industry and Land Development Association's (BILD's) 2024 GTA Municipal Benchmarking Study.Back in 1972 — the year this data began being collected — th

To analyze the rise and fall of amenities in new builds, Spark has once again surveyed a panel of industry experts to discover what they’re seeing in the market. Here's what they learned for 2024.

​The City of Vancouver is leading the region in rental housing starts, while condominium developments are moving out to suburbs like Burnaby and Surrey.

​Penticton, located south of Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley, has seen more and more interest from both buyers and developers in the past few years.

In spite of government initiatives specifically designed to get more purpose-built rental off the ground, rental housing in Toronto took a major hit in the first half of 2024, new data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows. CMHC reported on Thursday that total housing starts across th

There are three main factors that drive housing bubbles: rampant speculation, limited housing, and lowering rates. So, it's no surprise that Toronto just ranked fifth in the world for being at risk of a housing bubble, according to the 2024 UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index report.Nestled i

Is this the calm before the storm? Maybe and maybe not, according to new statistics and analysis published by both the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) and Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR) on Wednesday. Sales in both real estate board regions are notably lower than they were this time las

A true market rebound is likely still a ways off, but signs of life were detected in the GTA housing market this September, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board's (TRREB's) latest Market Watch report. In the latest incline on the relatively flush rollercoaster of GTA home sale

In light of Toronto and Vancouver's condominium conundrum, where prices for shoebox units remain high despite plummeting sales and rising inventory, Statistics Canada has released data demonstrating the role that investors may play in the issue.According to StatsCan, investors owned 65% o

Almost as ubiquitous in Toronto as the noble racoon, construction cranes are a fixture of the city's skyline. Back in Q3 2023, Toronto had the most operating cranes out of any North American city — a staggering 240 — really just sticking it to Seattle, which had held second place with 45 cranes

If you think your rent is too damn high already, you may want to take a seat while we tell you that, according to a recent study from Concordia University, average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto could reach $5,600 a month just eight years from now. The study, released last Wednesday

​According to modeling by the CMHC, interest rates decreased housing starts by about 30,000 units, a decline of 10 to 15%.

​Potential changes include applying inclusionary rental requirements only to strata projects and reducing the requirement from 20% to 10%, among others.

​Eliminating the stress test from renewals with a new lender not only makes things easier for borrowers, but facilitates more competition in the financial sector.

The HST/GST new housing rebate can help Canadian home buyers recover some of the sales tax they pay on a new builder home or substantial renovation

Learn how the land transfer tax (LTT) works in Ontario, including marginal tax rates, calculations, exemptions and potential rebates

Rental housing also made up 47% of apartment starts

America’s current housing market is extraordinarily competitive and tricky, not to mention rather expensive. As such, you need to be smart and frugal with your finances when making the massive financial commitment of buying a home.

Landlords can expect to lose tens of thousands of pounds if a feared capital gains tax (CGT) rise becomes reality later this month. Those who bought a property in the past five years could be hit particularly hard — they risk making a loss in real terms if the tax increase comes into effect after years of rampant inflation. Figures crunched for The Sunday Times show that the typical landlord who sold this year in England and Wales had owned their property for about 11 years. They made a gross

Billionaires invest in real estate for a reason.

The Oscar winner, who was embroiled in sexual misconduct lawsuits, is not sure where he’s going to live.

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There are ways you can leverage the current real estate market as an investor even if you aren't in the position to buy.