by Yousaf Iqbal | Aug 31, 2021 | Columnists
I have some data in front of me that compares today’s home prices in 21 global cities to those same cities’ prices before the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers make clear that Canada’s rapidly rising home prices are no anomaly. In fact, in three out of four of the...
by Kunal Sawhney | Aug 3, 2021 | Columnists
What does housing demand rely on? Is it the need to buy something or having more-than-enough disposable income? The answer can reveal what lies ahead for Realtors in Canada, or for that matter, in the U.S., the U.K., New Zealand and Australia – all with hot housing...
by Yousaf Iqbal | Jul 19, 2021 | Columnists
At 44 per cent, nearly half of Canadian real estate agents believe Canada is experiencing a residential real estate bubble. That’s according to the results of the recent Juwai IQI Property Survey and Index for Canada. In another shocker of a finding, only about half...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2021 | News
New polling data released by the Ontario Real Estate Association shows Ontarians feel housing affordability in the province is getting worse and the future is not looking better for homeownership without greater government action. The report found that 46 per cent of...
by Kunal Sawhney | Jul 12, 2021 | Columnists
The Canadian housing market created massive wealth for sellers in the past year as prices soared, even as most other economic activities faced the pandemic heat. But in the past couple of months, the sales figures have slowed, according to data from CREA. Does this...
