by REM Editorial Team | Dec 8, 2023 | Boards & Associations, News
The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) reports stable sales, near what they’ve historically been in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) — despite a weak start to the fall season. This has imbalanced the market towards...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 15, 2023 | News
Last month, the Quebec City Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) had its third-best October in 23 years. This meant tight market conditions in a sellers’ market, with high prices and the lowest level of listings in 15 years. On the other hand, the Montreal CMA saw its...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 19, 2023 | News
Canadian housing starts saw a remarkable turnaround in June, as the declining trend observed over the past months was reversed. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the month witnessed a notable increase in actual housing starts, marking a...
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 | 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...