Supply shortages are hitting single family starts, despite an overall rise in the number of homes being built and homebuilder sentiment improving for the first time in three months, two reports show. Builder sentiment rose in September by…

Retail sales in Canada rebounded after falling earlier in the summer months, a reassuring sign that consumers continue to spend. The value of receipts rose 2.1% in August, according to preliminary results provided by Statistics Canada on…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to introduce a two-year ban on foreign home buyers and make the home purchasing process more transparent if re-elected. The Liberal Party leader told a crowd in Hamilton, Ontario that a Liberal-led…

Parsimonious rental data in the GTA makes tracking hotspots difficult, but stories about leasing bidding wars are commonplace and, according to the president of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), that’s a direct consequence…