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Even in Atlantic Canada, the tide is turning on the Trudeau Liberals
Lori Turnbull
report on business
Calgary home sales fell nearly 20% in August from last year, real estate board says
For the federal Liberals, the growing discontent with the state of the housing market is becoming a political threat. A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
report on business
Urban to rural: Why Canada’s city homeowners move to the country
Moving to the country means fresher air, unobstructed sky views and more financial freedom; however, there are less lofty aspects to keep in mind when you’re looking for a home, like sceptic systems, access to water, water rights and zoning laws.
opinion
Workers can’t find affordable housing. Their pension funds are part of the problem
Carolyn Whitzman
canada
Ottawa, Quebec tout ‘new business model’ to fast-track affordable housing
A construction worker is seen working on the site of a new condo development in Montreal on Feb. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
real estate
Postsecondary students in Canada face a tight housing market. Some developers see that as an opportunity
Student housing projects by Utile, a Montreal-based non-profit that develops and operates student rental housing. The building the company's latest project, named La Canopée, in Trois-Rivières. It contains 179 apartments and its first tenants moved in in June this year. Studios are rented at $629 per month, services included (electricity, hot water, heating, internet, fridge and oven). The other picture is of the common room in l'Ardoise, a 205 apartment building in Québec City which opened in 2023. All Utile buildings have one common room where students can go to study or socialize.
opinion
The folly of blanket Airbnb crackdowns in Canada
Jonah Prousky
done deal
Price cut for Toronto three-bedroom suite sparks interest from two buyers
Done Deal, 20 Edgecliffe Golfway, No. 606, Toronto
u.s. politics
Kamala Harris’s campaign releases new ad highlighting plans to build three million homes, reduce inflation
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris attends a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
british columbia
B.C. caps rent increases next year at 3%, matching inflation
Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon speaks during an announcement about digital homebuilding permits at the British Columbia Institute of Technology's carpentry building, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, May 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
done deal
Luxury Toronto penthouse with opulent 1,510-square-foot terrace gets two bids
u.s. politics
Kamala Harris puts housing at centre of economic pitch to U.S. voters
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
politics
Ottawa not planning major reset amid persistent headwinds for Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks away following an announcement regarding the federal government's intention to purchase an interim replacement ferry for MV Holiday Island as other MPs look on during a press conference in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
canada
Ottawa unveils five federal properties for affordable housing development
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser, second right, speaks during a news conference as Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Communities, right, MP Darren Fisher and Mayor Mike Savage, left, look on in the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality on Sunday Aug. 25, 2024. The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will ramp up the supply of homes Canadians can afford. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
cost of living
High costs, population changes complicate the math for investors with tiny condos
Condo buildings are pictured by the waterfront in Toronto on February 14, 2024 (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
canada
Federal housing minister announces 56 government properties to turn into affordable housing ahead of cabinet retreat in Halifax
Housing Minister Sean Fraser is expected to unveil details on a Liberal promise to lease federal land to developers to build affordable housing, just before the full federal cabinet kicks off a three-day retreat in Halifax. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flanked by Fraser, right, and Treasury Board President Anita Anand, left, during a press conference in Oakville, Ont., on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
art and architecture
The largest urban archeological dig in Germany pits history against housing woes
The excavation at the Molkenmart is the largest urban archeological dig currently underway in the Germany.
opinion
Home builders plead for relief as costs soar
Kerry Gold
report on business
Shrinking condos don’t interest first-time home buyers, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 77 Bayshore Road, Brighton, Ont.
british columbia
More shelter beds for people in Victoria street camp cited by police for ‘hostility’
Pandora Avenue where over a hundred homeless people are temporarily living in tents and on the street as the city continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, B.C., on March 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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