Real Estate

People don’t want to buy a glass shoebox. To make bigger and better condos, we’ll have to fix the pre-sale system.

I’m buying them them up—and turning them into long-term rentals

A Montreal couple turn a ’70s childhood home into a contemporary longhouse

At the Koffler Scientific Reserve’s new operations centre, researchers can stay where they study

For years, homeownership felt like a fantasy for many Canadians. Now first-time buyers may finally have a real shot.

A Toronto family restores an 1863 farmhouse into a Marie Antoinette–inspired retreat

A Vancouver couple salvaged materials from an ’80s home to build a carbon-neutral barn by the sea

A Winnipeg couple remade a Lake of the Woods log cabin into their summer retreat

For years, low interest rates fuelled a big-city condo-flipping frenzy. Profits got bigger and condos got smaller. Now the bubble has popped, leaving behind thousands of unsellable, unlivable units.

The on-site amenities include an Olympic-sized pool, urban garden plots and landscaped playgrounds