by Natalka Falcomer | Apr 13, 2021 | Featured
COVID-19 did more than force us to stay indoors – it also shattered the fragile financial lives of millions of rent-payers. Unlike homeowners and buyers who have added to Canada’s sizzling real estate market, renters, who on average spend between 35 per cent to more...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 1, 2021 | News
Rents in Canada will continue to dip for a few months before making a turn, rising three per cent by the end of the year, says a new report by Rentals.ca. Asking rents are also forecast to increase in Toronto (+4 per cent), Montreal (+6 per cent) and Vancouver (+3 per...
by Nina Dragicevic | Nov 12, 2020 | Featured
A recent rental market study projects a shortage of up to 200,000 rental units in the Toronto and the Greater Hamilton Area (GTHA) within a decade, a trend that has been pushing vacancies low and prices high. But with a global pandemic blunting travel, immigration,...
by Paul Danison | Jun 26, 2020 | Featured, News
Half of the respondents in a Rentals.ca survey said they will need to look for a more affordable place to rent because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another 20 per cent said they were uncertain about whether they will search for a more affordable rental until they are...
by Paul Danison | May 19, 2020 | Featured, News
How long has it been since we began hearing these words every day: COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic? How long before we try to forget them? Who knows – it could be awhile. But the new words will probably change us – change the way we live, play and work, and will...