by Richard Lyall | Mar 17, 2026 | Columnists
Canada’s housing crisis is often framed as a problem of supply: not enough homes are being built to keep up with demand. While that diagnosis is correct, the deeper question is why housing construction has slowed to a crawl in the first place. A growing chorus...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 10, 2026 | News
Canada’s average asking rent has reached a new bottom, tumbling 2.8 per cent year-over-year in February, helping to restore affordability to levels not seen in years. Rents have declined on an annual basis for the 17th consecutive month, falling by 1.3 per cent from...
by Courtney Zwicker | Mar 5, 2026 | News
A new survey commissioned by the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) suggests many Ontarians no longer see housing affordability as driven solely by market demand. The polling, conducted by Abacus Data, found that residents increasingly believe government policies...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 27, 2026 | Boards & Associations, News
Bridgitte Anderson, president and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (courtesy: Greater Vancouver Board of Trade). A coalition of B.C. business groups is asking the provincial government to cancel its planned expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax (PST)...
by Daniel Foch | Feb 9, 2026 | Columnists
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s (TRREB) 2026 market outlook and year in review arrives with an upbeat forecast on sales, but a surprisingly bearish note on prices. Notably, TRREB engaged MIT researchers to scrutinize Toronto’s new multiplex zoning reform — a...
