2/22/2024 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Discrepancy debunks notion that construction industry is 'sitting on supply,' say developers ... More
1/15/2024 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Bashar Mahfooth
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Royal LePage expects sidelined buyers to re-engage this quarter ahead of expected rate cuts by the Bank of Canada, ... More
6/16/2023 | Posted in Ontario News by Bashar Mahfooth
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Ontario is conferring so-called strong mayor powers — which critics have decried as undemocratic — upon 26 more cities in the name of building more housing. ... More
4/3/2020 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Speaking from Queen’s Park on Friday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a halt to all residential construction in the province. ... More
3/14/2020 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Condo developers in Ontario looking to sell units to millennials and first-time home buyers could be barking up the wrong tree, according to a new survey from OREA. ... More
7/15/2019 | Posted in Canadian Housing Market by Bashar Mahfooth
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The price of a Canadian home increased a modest 1.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2019, largely due to price appreciation in Ontario. ... More
4/8/2019 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Industry association also wants its regulator to have more power to 'kick out' unethical agents ... More
2/22/2019 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Ontario was the epicentre of Canadian home price growth in the past 5 years, according to a new analysis. ... More
2/5/2019 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Right now, buyers often blindly offer more than what they had wanted to spend in hopes of beating their competitor. ... More
10/12/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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The Ontario Real Estate Association is making more than three dozen recommendations to the provincial government on how it should update the rules governing realtors, including ... More
8/8/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Parents re-entering the market after their children stayed home longer than normal, survey says. ... More
7/30/2018 | Posted in Toronto Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Haider-Moranis Bulletin: For Canadian homebuyers, the only numbers that matter are local. ... More
7/25/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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While the Toronto residential market has seen the median cost of its housing shrink in Q2 2018, price growth accelerated in other major Ontario locales such as Kitchener, ... More
6/14/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Current price correction in Ontario housing market does not resemble historical price bust periods according to the latest report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. ... More
4/26/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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The impact of the Ontario’s Fair Housing on foreign buyers of the province’s real estate has been revealed by the finance ministry. Finance minister Charles Sousa ... More
3/12/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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A new report ranked Ontario’s largest metropolitan areas by real estate market performance and suitability for investment over the next 5 years. ... More
10/24/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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A renewed boost of consumer confidence will make itself apparent in the increased stability of Ontario’s residential real estate market, a few months after the introduction ... More
9/29/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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In an announcement earlier this week, the government of Ontario stated that it has established a new team tasked with removing the multiple barriers to housing construction and ... More
9/27/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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In spite of recent scares regarding their values, detached houses remain the strongest real estate investment to be had in the GTA. ... More
9/27/2017 | Posted in Ontario News by Bashar Mahfooth
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A large share of homeowners in Ontario are counting on home values increasing to ensure they have sufficient retirement funds. ... More
9/26/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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The tight Ontario rental market will worsen without increasing the units available by around 6,250 a year for a decade. ... More
9/1/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Ontario tenants will have additional protection from eviction starting Friday, September 1, 2017; when a landlord ends a tenancy to have family members move in, people evicted ... More
8/16/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Home sales in the Greater Golden Horseshoe just saw the smallest decline since Ontario’s housing clampdown, suggesting the market may be stabilizing. ... More
8/1/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Names of Ontario condominium directors will be listed in a public database under new regulations unveiled this month, as the province begins to implement a new law to protect unit ... More
7/5/2017 | Posted in Foreign Buyers by Bashar Mahfooth
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Newly released figures show nearly five per cent of home purchases in Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe region were made by non-residents since the Liberal government ... More
6/28/2017 | Posted in Ontario News by Bashar Mahfooth
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The Ontario government is considering a review of preferential sales practices for pre-construction condos as part of its wide-ranging reforms of the housing market. ... More
6/27/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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More first-home buyers in Ontario appear to be delaying their purchases in the wake of the province’s new policies intended to cool the red-hot housing market. At the same ... More
6/20/2017 | Posted in Recreational Properties by Bashar Mahfooth
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The slowdown in Toronto’s housing market is not reaching cottage country several hours away, where vacation properties are changing hands quickly and prices are still ... More
6/6/2017 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Sales of existing homes across the Greater Toronto Area dropped a whopping 20.3 per cent in May from a year ago, while the average home price in the region fell about six per cent ... More
6/4/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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In the inaugural issue of Canadian Property Investor, the publication identified the Top 50 Places to Invest in Canada. Now it's time to dig a little deeper -- to ... More
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