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By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Aug 12, 2019 1:59 pm

Momentum begins to return to the Canadian housing market...

There are some signs the chill that settled over the Canadian housing market in the wake of new mortgage stress tests is beginning to thaw. For more on this, BNN Bloomberg spoke with Phil Soper, presi...

By Shawna Connelly
Posted Monday, Aug 12, 2019 1:48 pm

More GO trains finally coming to Hamiltonâ€™s West Harbour station. But when?...

Work on a third rail track into Hamilton is primed to finally bring more GO trains to West Harbour station — a $45-million building so underused that half of it is closed. Metrolinx has confi...

By Caitlin Wallace
Posted Tuesday, Aug 06, 2019 1:00 pm

Hamilton-Burlington home sales down from June, up from last year...

July's real estate sales in the Hamilton and Burlington areas were up more than 10 per cent over this time last year, but down almost three per cent from June and almost 13 per cent from May, acco...

By Sue Aitken
Posted Monday, Jul 29, 2019 1:01 pm

With fixed rates below variable ones, mortgage market is in the Upside Down...

Call it the 'Stranger Things' of the housing market: Canadians can now get a lower interest rate on a new mortgage by locking into a fixed rate, rather than opting for a variable rate. ...

By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Jul 22, 2019 3:06 pm

Bank of Canada lowers qualifying rate used in mortgage stress tests...

The Bank of Canada has lowered the rate used by mortgage stress tests to determine whether would-be homeowners can qualify, marking the first drop in three years. The central bank’s five-year...