by REM Editorial Team | Apr 22, 2024 | News
Recently, RBC Economics and Thought Leadership released its report, The Great Rebuild: Seven ways to fix Canada’s housing shortage which discusses factors that led to Canada’s housing crisis and policy ideas to address it. The organization’s research found...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2023 | News
Royal LePage is updating its price forecast for 2023, again to reflect the surprising strength of Canada’s real estate market and the price appreciation witnessed in the first half of the year. In a report released Thursday, the company shared its prediction of...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 21, 2023 | News
Canada’s construction industry is facing a severe labour shortage that threatens to exacerbate the already pressing housing shortage and affordability crisis, warns a recent report by Benjamin Tal, an economist with CIBC Economics. The report highlights the...
by Jordana Springgay | Oct 27, 2022 | News
QUICK HITS Ontario’s government is introducing new measures to speed up the construction of new homes. Proposed legislation includes allowing more units on a residential lot, reducing fees associated with construction, and exploring financing models, like...
by Chris Seepe | Jul 14, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
Tenants may think the government is looking out for tenant interests, but if that was true there would be no pandemic housing shortage, multiple offers, outrageous selling prices, extremely low vacancy rates, high rental tenant property taxes and eight-year affordable...