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University cities see rental downturn after international student cap, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 6100 Concession Rd. 7, Uxbridge, Ont.
done deal
Sellers accept deal with conditions for Mount Pleasant townhouse
Done Deal, 231 E. 7th Ave., Vancouver
toronto real estate
Space to grow - Toronto has plenty of it
Naama Blonder, co-founder of Smart Density, a firm that combines architecture, urban planning and urban design to try to find a realistic ways to grow cities and provide affordable housing.
canada
Canadian university cities facing surprising rental market downturn
Scenes from around the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, June 3, 2024. Photographer: James MacDonald
report on business
Urban to rural: Why Canada’s city homeowners move to the country
Moving to the country means fresher air, unobstructed sky views and more financial freedom; however, there are less lofty aspects to keep in mind when you’re looking for a home, like sceptic systems, access to water, water rights and zoning laws.
opinion
Workers can’t find affordable housing. Their pension funds are part of the problem
Carolyn Whitzman
report on business
Receiverships, bankruptcies put more distressed properties on the market, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 1308 Montreal Avenue SW, Calgary, Alta.
politics
Poilievre says he would set immigration targets based on housing, jobs and health care trends
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
real estate
Postsecondary students in Canada face a tight housing market. Some developers see that as an opportunity
Student housing projects by Utile, a Montreal-based non-profit that develops and operates student rental housing. The building the company's latest project, named La Canopée, in Trois-Rivières. It contains 179 apartments and its first tenants moved in in June this year. Studios are rented at $629 per month, services included (electricity, hot water, heating, internet, fridge and oven). The other picture is of the common room in l'Ardoise, a 205 apartment building in Québec City which opened in 2023. All Utile buildings have one common room where students can go to study or socialize.
opinion
The folly of blanket Airbnb crackdowns in Canada
Jonah Prousky
u.s. politics
Kamala Harris’s campaign releases new ad highlighting plans to build three million homes, reduce inflation
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris attends a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
u.s. politics
Kamala Harris puts housing at centre of economic pitch to U.S. voters
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
canada
Ottawa unveils five federal properties for affordable housing development
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser, second right, speaks during a news conference as Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Communities, right, MP Darren Fisher and Mayor Mike Savage, left, look on in the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality on Sunday Aug. 25, 2024. The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will ramp up the supply of homes Canadians can afford. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
canada
Federal housing minister announces 56 government properties to turn into affordable housing ahead of cabinet retreat in Halifax
Housing Minister Sean Fraser is expected to unveil details on a Liberal promise to lease federal land to developers to build affordable housing, just before the full federal cabinet kicks off a three-day retreat in Halifax. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flanked by Fraser, right, and Treasury Board President Anita Anand, left, during a press conference in Oakville, Ont., on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
opinion
Home builders plead for relief as costs soar
Kerry Gold
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Shrinking condos don’t interest first-time home buyers, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 77 Bayshore Road, Brighton, Ont.
canada
Home-sharing platform funded by N.S. government results in just 23 leases in a year
In the year since Nova Scotia invested in a home-sharing platform aimed at helping renters find affordable rental housing, a total of 23 leases have been signed. Minister of Nova Scotia Municipal Affairs and Housing John Lohr speaks to reporters in Halifax, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
canada
Ontario’s new planning policy requires cities to set minimum targets for affordable housing
As more Canadians find themselves struggling to afford or find housing, the country's smallest province is the only one that can point to legislation recognizing housing as a human right. An aerial view of houses in Oshawa, Ont., is shown on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
opinion
It’s maddening to say, but now might be a generational opportunity to buy a first home
Rob Carrick
canada
B.C. a relative leader in housing starts when compared with population growth, experts say
A housing development with new houses and lots being prepared for construction is seen in an aerial view, in Langford, B.C., on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July climbed 16 per cent compared with June. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck