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98 Percent of CMHC Employees Got Bonuses Last Year Totalling $27M

Canada's national housing agency handed out more than $27 million in employee bonuses last year, bringing the total extra pay for its workers to $102 million since 2020, according to ...

April 4, 2024BY Chandra Philip

Chrystia Freeland Says ‘Housing, Housing, Housing’ on Agenda With Meetings With BC Premier

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she stopped at a recently built downtown Victoria rental apartment building on ...

March 11, 2024BY The Canadian Press

Freeland Won’t Say How Long It Could Take to Determine What Alberta Entitled From CPP

Citing the "complicated" nature of pensions and need for all provinces and territories to weigh in, Finance Minister ...

December 15, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Liberals Look to Tackle International Student Rackets as Part of Housing Crisis

Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international ...

August 23, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Home Prices Post Second-Biggest Monthly Jump Since 2006: Teranet

Home prices posted the second-highest increase ever recorded in a single month after the one observed in July ...

August 20, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Housing Minister Says Federal Government Should Have Stayed in Housing Game

Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even ...

August 15, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Budget Watchdog Reviewing Underused Housing Tax Again as US Critics Push for Relief

Canada's budget watchdog is taking a second look at Ottawa's new tax on underused housing that critics hope ...

July 20, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Changing Amortization, Cap on Insured Mortgages Not the Answer to Affordability: CMHC

The head of Canada's housing agency says measures such as extending mortgage amortizations and changing the threshold to ...

June 19, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Ontario and British Columbia Headed for a Buyer’s Market, RBC Says

High interest rates will continue to hold back homebuyers into the new year, except in Ontario and British ...

December 16, 2022BY The Canadian Press

TD Bank Sees up to 25% Drop in Canadian Home Prices by Early 2023

A new TD Bank report suggests the average price of a home in Canada could fall between 20 ...

August 30, 2022BY The Canadian Press

BC Township Ordered to Pay Man for Selling His Property Without Telling Him

A British Columbia resident has been awarded about $350,000 in compensation from the township of Spallumcheen. Anthony Brent ...

May 11, 2022BY Shane Miller

No Breaks From BC’s New Tax for Foreign Property Buyers, Minister Says

VICTORIA—There will be no reprieve from a new tax on foreign buyers who have signed contracts to purchase ...

July 27, 2016BY The Canadian Press

Canada’s Housing Market Will Slow ‘Modestly’ in 2016, Says RBC

Activity in Canada’s real estate market will slow “modestly” next year as interest rates begin to rise

August 19, 2015BY The Canadian Press

A Big Year Ahead for Empire Communities

Empire Communities has a full slate of developments across the GTA and beyond as it heads into 2015.

January 8, 2015BY Ryan Starr

Canadian Housing Roughly 10% Overvalued, Says IMF

OTTAWA—The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a warning Wednesday, Nov. 26, that a hot housing market and mounting ...

November 26, 2014BY The Canadian Press

CMHC Reports Higher First Quarter Profit

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said on May 30 an improving economy helped it earn $406 million in ...

June 4, 2014BY The Canadian Press

Housing Affordability in Canada Deteriorates, But Not Yet Problematic

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for families to own a home in Canada and affordability is only expected to ...

May 28, 2014BY The Canadian Press