storeys.com ‘Issue of the Year’ is part of STOREYS' annual editorial year-end series. You can find the rest of our 2024 selections here as they're released throughout the week.Once hailed as ‘king,’ condos (in particular, new condos) in Canada...| Storeys
When it comes to high-rise condo launches in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) this year, the market has been pretty quiet. In fact, until just a few days ago, it hadn't made a single peep.On Friday, developer Greenpark Group launched sales for their 25-storey Richmond Hill development, Evelyn Condos a...| Storeys
Amid daunting borrowing conditions, unrelenting prices, and sales that have sagged to close to a 30-year low, new condominium inventory continues to sweat on the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’s market, new data from Urbanation shows. The research and consultancy firm released its latest analysis...| Storeys
In light of Toronto and Vancouver's condominium conundrum, where prices for shoebox units remain high despite plummeting sales and rising inventory, Statistics Canada has released data demonstrating the role that investors may play in the issue.According to StatsCan, investors owned 65% of Toronto's...| Storeys
At a press conference on July 22, Ontario Premier Doug Ford stood before a room full of reporters and told them, to scattered applause, that new homes would “pop up like mushrooms everywhere” if the Bank of Canada lowered interest rates. And he was fairly specific about it, saying that this supposed...| Storeys
2024 was a remarkably tough year for new condos in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area — and anyone invested in them. This is evidenced by the fact that 14 condo projects were cancelled in 2024 alone, according to data provided to STOREYS by research and consultancy firm Urbanation. Those projects...| Storeys
Despite the fact that we’ve seen things perk up in the housing market, generally speaking, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’s new condominium segment remains remarkably sluggish — in large part, because developers have “dramatically pulled back” as they see that buyers aren’t willing (or aren’t...| Storeys
Data from Urbanation and CIBC highlights the fact that the GTA is “facing the most significant test since the 1991 recession,” and condo investors are feeling it hard.| Storeys
Condo listings in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are up substantially from 2023 and sales are down, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board’s (TRREB) Q2 findings. Meanwhile, the region's condo rental segment is seeing plenty of demand. TRREB President Jennifer Pearce explained in a release that w...| STOREYS
On the heels of a second consecutive quarter-point interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada, Governing Council warned that cuts alone aren’t going to be a saving grace for the country’s housing woes, pointing to a “structural” supply imbalance that long preceded the higher rate environment (and is ...| STOREYS