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...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 6, 2023 | Boards & Associations
An encouraging link was found in new research from The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC), in partnership with the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) and Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA). It’s between...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 29, 2023 | News
In the face of a housing crisis, recent reports suggesting that the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) has enough land to meet the Ontario government’s target of building 1.5 million housing units by 2031 have overlooked a critical aspect — the availability of...
