Market Insight for Sept 8
The City of Toronto will implement new Municipal Land Transfer Tax rates of up to 7.5% on high-value homes as it looks to potentially increase the Vacant Home Tax to 3%. On Wednesday, the City of Toronto approved an updated long-term financial plan, laying out a...
Market Insight for Sept. 1
At just the moment when more housing is desperately needed, three dozen condo buildings, adding up to more than 8,000 units, have been delayed in the GTHA (Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area) — many in more affordable communities — due to higher interest rates and a...
Market Update for August 25
The Ontario government is postponing a provincewide property tax reassessment while it conducts a new review of the accuracy and fairness of the system. The deferral will give the government time to build a “more accurate and equitable property tax and assessment...
Market Update for August 11
Real estate investors are exiting the market as new listings in Toronto trend up, and interest rates remain high, experts say. In July, new listings increased by 11.5 percent annually, and condominiums had the highest percentage rise in sales volume compared to...
Market Update for August 4
The Greater Toronto Area's real estate market appears to be balancing out, with sales trending lower as new listings gained steam in July. The number of home sales that took place in July did still show growth compared to the same time last year, but at a slower rate...
Market Insight for July 28
A survey of market experts says the Bank of Canada will unlikely hike interest rates again for the remainder of the year, and is expected to start cutting rates next spring, according to a report of economists and market participants released by the central bank this...
Market Insight for July 21
Rents for GTA condos continue to soar, hitting an average of about $2,800 a month in the second quarter of 2023, an almost 32 per cent rise over the last two years. And the spike in rents has been even higher for micro units under 400 square feet. “I’d say it’s...
Market Insight for July 14
TRREB Releases 2023 Q2 Condo Market Statistics Market conditions in the condominium apartment segment tightened markedly in the second quarter of 2023. Sales were up strongly on a year-over-year basis, whereas the number of new listings was down sharply. With more...
Market Update for June 30
Olivia Chow Is Now Mayor of Toronto. Here’s How She Plans To ‘Fix’ Housing.Olivia Chow was elected Mayor of Toronto during Monday’s by-election. And now the conversation shifts to what she will do to solve some of the chronic housing problems facing Toronto — and mind...
Market Update for June 2
Canadian first-time home buyers are 36 years old on average. That means they won’t have that starter condo paid off by the time they retire, according to recent bank reports. Four of the Big Five banks reported a large share of their portfolio had amortizations longer...