by REM Editorial Team | Feb 23, 2024 | News
The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) recently issued a statement expressing concerns over the proposed blanket rezoning initiative that the City of Calgary proposed. The board is aiming to protect Calgary’s communities and advocate for a more nuanced approach to...
by Christopher Alexander | Jan 29, 2024 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released its housing market statistics for the final month of 2023 last week, closing out a year that can be defined as, if anything, “unpredictable.” According to CREA’s December report, 2023 ended with a jump in sales and...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 25, 2024 | News
With a home supply shortage, increased interest rates and a high cost of living, owning a home is not in many Canadians’ foreseeable future. Thanks to fewer homes available for sale, interprovincial and international migration and other factors, competition between...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 23, 2024 | Announcements
With the exorbitant housing prices in Toronto, home ownership is unattainable for many — the 2023 UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index found the average Ontarian needs to save for nearly 20 years to have enough for a down payment. With this and the holiday season in...
by Nick Perreten | Dec 28, 2023 | Guest Columns
Today, Canada faces two significant and intertwined challenges: the growing housing crisis that has left many Canadians unable to afford homes, and the need to accelerate a green transition to reduce our environmental footprint. In 2021, Statistics Canada reported...
