by Kunal Sawhney | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnists
Canadians know these are not the best times. In the domestic economy, 200,000 jobs were lost in January this year, taking the unemployment rate to 6.5 per cent. What was notable is that a hike in joblessness was recorded for the first time since April 2021, defying...
by Derrik Libawski | Mar 17, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
You have seen and heard plenty about our housing crisis, especially concerning the evils of urban sprawl and what it does to the environment. But you likely haven’t heard anything from the developers and their experiences. It’s about time an insight into some of the...
by Lachman Balani | Mar 7, 2022 | Columnists
Every day, traditional and modern social media is abuzz with alarm bells on the relentless rise of Canadian real estate and the affordability crisis. Judging from the inaction of the government and regulators, one is led to think this is only something that the common...
by Aiman Attar | Mar 1, 2022 | Columnists
In the beginning of 2021, we wrote a blog about the shift towards remote work that resulted from COVID-19 lockdowns. As the country is opening back up again, a lot of companies are revoking the flexibility of the work-from-home accommodations made during lockdown, and...
by Bob Van de Vrande | Feb 28, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
What will it take? Having been an advocate of comprehensive data sharing for more than 20 years, this is a question I have often asked myself. For many years I, perhaps naively, thought that when the directors of real estate boards and associations realized that for...
by Kunal Sawhney | Feb 28, 2022 | Columnists
Could soaring home prices trigger a “Freedom Convoy” type protest by disgruntled low-income households? The Bank of Canada used monetary policy manoeuvres to preserve liquidity in the wake of COVID disruptions. This mirrored the policy actions of other central banks...
