by REM Editorial Team | Apr 3, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Economic uncertainty tied to ongoing tariff threats weighed heavily on Calgary’s housing market in March, with sales activity declining across all property types, the Calgary Real Estate Board reports. While the 2,159 units sold represent a 19 per cent drop...
by Mario Toneguzzi | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Realtors on the front lines are seeing the fallout from Canada’s trade war with the U.S. unfold in real time as would-be homebuyers grow increasingly hesitant to make a move. There has been a measurable shift in consumer confidence, with many clients adopting a “wait...
by Jordana Springgay | Mar 12, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
The impact of U.S. tariffs and chaotic back-and-forth threats are rippling through housing markets across Canada, and the uncertainty isn’t likely to fade anytime soon. Robert Hogue, assistant chief economist at RBC, dissected February data from local boards and says...
by Trevor Hargreaves | Jan 8, 2025 | Columnists
In British Columbia, we wrapped up October with one of the oddest provincial elections in recent memory, only to immediately turn our gaze cross-border to an even stranger spectacle. Here in the land of socialized medicine and progressive poutineries, the rhetoric of...