by Richard Lyall | Feb 19, 2026 | Guest Columns
Ontario needs more homes – urgently. But just as important as volume is reliability. We need a housing system that can deliver consistently, across market cycles, without stalling every time costs rise or financing tightens. That is why RESCON supports the provincial...
by Russell Coltess | Feb 17, 2026 | Guest Columns
Zoning used to sit quietly in the background of residential real estate. It mattered, but it rarely shaped the first conversation. That has changed. Across Canadian cities, new zoning rules are opening the door to missing-middle housing. Duplexes, triplexes,...
by Eric Stober | Jan 5, 2026 | News
Buildings in Toronto are including fewer and fewer parking spaces, with some not featuring any spots for residents — a trend experts expect to continue. Richard Lyall, president of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), told Real Estate Magazine it...
by Natalka Falcomer | Apr 11, 2022 | Featured, Legal Issues
If you want to discover new issues that are arising in our industry – and what Realtors must learn to do – you should peruse the decisions of your regulatory bodies. These decisions highlight the mistakes Realtors are making as consumer demands change. Here are a few...
by Seyfi Tomar | Feb 25, 2022 | Columnists
As we approach municipal and provincial elections in Ontario, housing and labour shortages will dominate the media headlines in 2022. We need to move beyond focusing purely on the number of new houses and how that relates to population or household change. We must...
