Canadian rents continued to climb in July, though it was more of a lethargic upwards crawl. According to the July National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, average asking rent across all residential property types hit $2,201 last month — a 5.9% year-over-year increase and the slowest annu...| Storeys
Toronto condo investors were losing an average of $223 per month in 2022, compared with earnings of $63 per month in 2020.| Storeys
After a somewhat promising June, data from Canadian Real Estate Association's (CREA) July 2024 statistics report reveals housing market activity effectively stalled in July, despite the July 24 interest rate cut.In June, the "fledgling" market saw slight increases in month-over month sales, tighter ...| Storeys
In June, Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) reported more than an 80% year-over-year increase in active condo listings. This month, the market continued in its lopsided fashion with July seeing a nearly 64% increase in active condo listings compared to the same month last year.Active condo l...| Storeys
New condo launches have been sparse in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area amid the higher interest rate environment. In fact, there was just one high-rise condo launch to speak of in the first few months of this year, which is atypical for the region. And it seems that things have gone from bad t...| STOREYS
The Bank of Canada (BoC) lowered its policy interest rate on Wednesday, bringing it down to 4.5% — a level it hasn't been at since the early days of June 2023. This latest move from the central bank marks the second cut of a cycle that began back in March 2022, and saw rates raised sharply on 10 occ...| STOREYS