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By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Apr 18, 2022 4:24 pm

New federal budget outlines upcoming housing initiatives

Last week, the federal government announced their new budget and with it, brought many new initiatives targeting the housing market. As housing affordability and availability have become ever-increasi...

By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Apr 11, 2022 12:30 pm

Ontario Cracking Down on Foreign Real-Estate Speculation with the Most Comprehensive Non-Resident Speculation Tax in Canada

TORONTO — As part of its commitment to tackle Ontario’s housing crisis by prioritizing Ontario families and homebuyers, the government is increasing the Non-Resident Speculation Tax rate t...

By Shawna Connelly
Posted Monday, Apr 04, 2022 9:43 am

Ontario Hits Foreign Homebuyers With 20% Tax as Election Nears

(Bloomberg) -- Ontario is raising a tax on home purchases by some foreigners to 20% and making it harder to avoid as it tries to cool a scorching real estate market. The so-called speculation tax w...

By Sue Aitken
Posted Monday, Mar 28, 2022 1:00 pm

These Ontario cities are seeing larger home price increases than Toronto

Toronto home prices have increased to heights never seen before but other places in Ontario have also seen huge spikes in real estate outpacing the city. Real estate is bonkers these days — T...

By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Mar 21, 2022 10:00 am

Can tiny homes be a solution to Canada's housing shortage?

Tiny houses have become more popular, but there are plenty of challenges to building them With housing prices continuing to climb and supply plummeting, finding your dream home is getting harder an...