Condo market

Sponsored by: After eight years of living in her apartment, Karyn began having the same feeling many renters experience. She loved her neighbourhood, a vibrant area close to shops, restaurants and parks. She never bothered driving … Read More

Condo seekers just starting their search and looking to get a better grasp of how far their dollar will go in Toronto’s heated high-rise market have plenty of useful tools at their disposal, including mortgage calculators … Read More

Buyers from outside Canada are driving up home prices in Toronto and Vancouver. That’s a popular view of the hot real estate markets in those cities, but there’s no definitive way to measure the level of foreign … Read More

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released a report today on the prevalence of foreign ownership of condominiums in Canada. Ownership of Canadian homes by non-residents is a hot topic that’s spurred debate in all … Read More

There’s no longer a limit to the size of a mortgage loan foreign buyers can access at Royal Bank of Canada. Previously, the bank had a cap of $1.25 million on how much it would lend … Read More

It’s no secret house prices are soaring in Toronto and Vancouver. We hear about it every day. I blog about it all the time. At last count, a single-family detached house in Vancouver averaged $2.23-million, and … Read More