Sellers will be back in charge of the Canadian housing market next year Sean MacKay | Dec 16, 2019 The Canadian housing market racked up another win in November, logging its ninth straight monthly increase in sales after struggling mightily through much of 2018 and early 2019. The November sales data, released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association, was a...
RE/MAX Ontario Housing Market Outlook Average home price expected to rise by 3.7% next year • Increased consumer confidence could be a key factor affecting the housing market in 2020 • 51% of Canadians are considering a home purchase in the next five years, up from 36% at the same time last year • Only two in 10 Canadians say...
Choose your new-build home upgrades with care So you’ve bought a new-build home and are thrilled with your decision to buy one that is yet to be built. But when the time comes for your colour and upgrade appointment, your chance to make the decisions that will make your new home perfect, you find yourself both exhilarated and nervous. It...
The Ontario government says it has cleaned house at Tarion Warranty Corp., the province’s troubled homebuilder regulator and new home warranty provider. Government and Consumer Services Minister Lisa Thompson announced that Tarion CEO Howard Bogach is retiring and the agency’s board chair, homebuilder Paul Golini Jr. has resigned. “I want to be clear: this is going to be a complete...
By Bob Aaron Contributing Columnist Thu., Dec. 5, 2019 This past year’s GTA real estate market may become known as the year of aborted transactions. Speaking to hundreds of real estate lawyers, both in person and online at a Law Society of Ontario seminar last month, Toronto lawyer Harry Herskowitz told of the “rapid and significant” decline in the GTA housing...
