by Ted Greenhough | Jul 20, 2023 | Columnists
Sometimes, I have to rack my brain for hours to think of a good topic for my columns, but this one practically wrote itself. Last Thursday, I got a call from prospective buyers from Edmonton (I’m in Calgary). They’ve lived in Edmonton for years, but their...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 11, 2023 | News
The Bank of Canada’s June rate hike and the potential for another increase in July have elicited mixed reactions across local housing markets, according to early reports from real estate boards. RBC Economists Robert Hogue and Rachel Battaglia looked at the...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 21, 2023 | News
The Canadian housing market is showing more signs of recovery this spring as the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index (HPI) recorded a monthly increase of 0.6 per cent in May. This marks the first upturn in home prices in 11 months after a prolonged...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 9, 2019 | News
A new survey released by BMO says first-time home buyers generally have a positive outlook on the housing market. The survey, conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights, found: Across Canada, first-time buyers in Alberta are the most optimistic with over 50 per cent...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 16, 2019 | Featured, News
In 2016, there were 1.34 million empty and temporarily occupied homes in Canada, says a new report by Point2Homes. It says in 2001, when the government first started collecting data on occupied dwellings, 7.8 per cent of all homes in Canada were vacant. In 2006, the...
