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From a crackdown to short-term rentals to new investments to create more housing supply, the federal government made housing a key component of its Fall Economic Statement ... More

Without that boost in spending, the central bank’s key overnight lending rate would be about 3 per cent instead of the current 5 per cent, according to Scotiabank ... More

Ottawa has published a new set of guidelines to standardize how Canada’s federally regulated lenders offer mortgage relief to consumers struggling under the weight of ... More

The Bank of Canada will have to keep rates higher for longer unless governments do more to dial back their spending, one of the country’s largest commercial lenders ... More

Canada beefs up liquidity plan with expanded mortgage guarantee

The Government of Canada is taking immediate, significant and decisive action to help Canadians facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

A renewed boost of consumer confidence will make itself apparent in the increased stability of Ontario’s residential real estate market, a few months after the ... More

Governments may have to impose more measures to cool Toronto’s housing market if prices remain “overheated” after the spring buying season, said Bank of Nova ... More

The government remains “very focused” on monitoring the Canadian housing market, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said. His remarks come amid rising prices in Toronto ... More

In a report released last week, the Royal Bank of Canada cautioned that the trends and conditions in Toronto real estate point to the growing possibility of government ... More