by REM Editorial Team | Jun 10, 2019 | News
Inclusionary zoning – mandating an affordable housing component in all new developments – has been proposed as one approach to affordable housing issues in Toronto and elsewhere. In a recent address to the Land & Development Conference in Toronto, CBRE Canada...
by Penelope Graham | May 28, 2019 | News
It’s a common narrative that real estate can be prohibitively expensive in Canada’s biggest urban markets. However, a new data report reveals just how out of reach homeownership can be, even for city residents earning a living wage. Numbers compiled from Zoocasa find...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 14, 2019 | Letters to the Editor
I had the opportunity to take the CREA Realtor satisfaction survey the other day and noticed that our national organization seems quite proud of their advocacy and political action efforts on behalf of Realtors. I confess I’m not sure why – for this reason: General...
by Penelope Graham | Feb 25, 2019 | News
The past year hasn’t been easy for prospective home buyers. Despite some recent year-over-year price softening in the nation’s hottest markets, the national mortgage stress test, combined with various policies at provincial levels, effectively took a bite out of...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 11, 2019 | News
Fifty-two per cent of single Canadians said economic uncertainty and expensive home prices are the biggest factors impacting their decision not to purchase a home on their own, according to a recent Re/Max survey conducted by Leger. Twenty-six per cent of single...
