Last week, Vancouver City Council greenlit a new social housing project that will be undertaken using a series of tools introduced, in recent years, by the Government of Canada.The project is set for 3122 SE Marine Drive, at the intersection with Kerr Street near the Fraser River and River District.
Toronto City Council approved zoning for about a dozen housing projects at its February session — held last week — and of those, three will be rolled out under the new Toronto Builds policy framework.Toronto Builds, approved in May 2025, consolidates the eligibility criteria and requirements of Hous
Anyone who’s spent time browsing condo listings in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) will tell you: there is currently no shortage of options. Not only that, prices have dropped to the point that they make home ownership more of a tempting reality than it once was. Six months ago, we questioned whether
Via Renewal Development and Wesgroup, 17 affordable rental homes are now in the hands of the shíshálh Nation — marking the completion of a project that addresses the community’s housing needs while creating local opportunities.Like many communities across British Columbia, the shíshálh Nation has be
The economy may be acclimating to tariffs and interest rate pain has eased (for now), but Canadian housing remains sorely in crisis. Against that backdrop, Build Canada Homes (BCH) has its work cut out for it, and the agency is forging ahead with the appointments of Valesa Faria and Jeffery Coles to
We’re closing in on almost a year since the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) filed for creditor protection. Liquidating the company’s assets and closing all of its stores was the easy part — and has mostly been completed already. The hard part is determining what to do with the huge blocks of vacant space
After years of volatility, the GTA housing market is entering a holding pattern.That’s the takeaway from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s 2026 Market Outlook and Year in Review, which forecasts relatively stable home sales and prices this year, as improved buyer choice and affordability cont
This is a very significant moment in time for the real estate industry. New construction has slowed to a crawl due to a confluence of factors, including economic conditions, elevated construction costs, tariffs, and buyer sentiment.It's typical for developers to have projects at various stages, howe
Ontario’s residential construction sector is not just slowing — it is collapsing under the weight of a policy, cost, and confidence crisis that has been decades in the making.RESCON’s latest pre-budget submission to the province lays it bare, noting that a literal perfect storm of factors has come t
The Bank of Canada’s (BoC) decision to hold the policy interest rate steady at 2.25% last month was a welcomed one for Canadians. The only thing that would have been more welcomed would have been an interest rate cut.But the likelihood of another cut any time soon seems slim, with many economists in
After first listing the Yonge Corporate Centre three years ago, pulling the listing, then re-listing the property this time last year, Toronto-based Cadillac Fairview has finally completed a sale of the sprawling office property.In late January, Toronto-based commercial property management company E
This article was written and submitted by Cameron Levitt, a Toronto-based real estate agent with RE/MAX Hallmark who writes about housing dynamics, market trends, and offers practical advice for buyers and sellers.You wouldn't show up to a first date in dirty clothes, or walk into a job interview wi
Grosvenor Property Canada, a subsidiary of UK giant Grosvenor, has acquired full ownership of the Broadmead Village Shopping Centre in one of British Columbia's first large retail transactions of 2026.Broadmead Village is located at 777 Royal Oak Drive in Victoria, immediately east of the Patricia B
It’s no secret that Canada’s homebuilding sector has weathered a few tough years. The country’s new condo sales in places like the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA) have hit lows we haven’t seen in decades. The root causes – things like reduced immigration, high construction costs, elevated inter
Toronto-based developer Hullmark recently acquired the retail complex at 446 Spadina Road in the Forest Hill Village neighbourhood, continuing to add to its portfolio of assets.The property consists of two levels of retail space with one floor of office space above, and the mixed-use building is ful
On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 2.25%, following a series of cuts in 2025 that brought the benchmark overnight rate to its current level. Leading up to the announcement, many major Canadian banks — including RBC, TD, and CIBC — came into 2026 expecting the Bank to maintain a
In a city that’s no stranger to architectural ambition, 44 Foxley Street still manages to stand apart.Tucked into the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood, the residence is a sculptural rethink of what contemporary urban living can look like.From the street, the home reads as fluid and deliberate, with s
Last week, the City of Vancouver published a rezoning application that may have the biggest impact of any planned development project in the city: a 10-phase long-term redevelopment of the 35-acre Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) campus.In a press release, Vancouver Coast Health (VCH) said the rezon
After several years of tight conditions, Canada’s purpose-built rental market is beginning to show signs of normalization.That’s the picture painted by Yardi’s latest Canadian National Multifamily Report, which recaps Q4 2025 and shows a market that remains broadly resilient — but increasingly balan
If 2025 was about waiting things out, 2026 is about finding out what still works. Experts across development, construction, investment, and beyond say the real estate industry appears to be moving from pause to pressure-testing.That shift is unfolding amid global volatility, evolving trade dynamics,
In early January, the Ford government’s return-to-office (RTO) mandate took effect, ordering 60,000 public servants back to the office. The move culminates more than a year of RTO mandates from big names in tech and finance, reaching a fever pitch in late 2025, and has put a significant amount of pr
December didn’t just close out 2025 — it underlined just how historic the year was for the GTA’s new home market.According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), December sales capped off the worst year on record for new home sales in the GTA, raising alarms about future h
New condominium apartment sales in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA) fell for the fourth consecutive year, Urbanation’s year-end 2025 Condominium Market Survey shows, plunging 60% from 2024 to just 1,599 units, marking the lowest annual total since 1991. Urbanation President Shaun Hildebrand
Canada’s premier real estate conference returns to the GTA this month, and if you haven't snagged your ticket yet, there's still time.On January 28 and 29, the BUZZ Conference will bring "GREATNESS 2026" to the Mississauga Convention Centre.With a pre-conference networking event on January 27, this
