Rent or buy? An expert weighs in on the sky-high rental market
The deputy chief economist with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on Canada’s most expensive places to rent and the future of housing
Real Estate
How a B.C. couple turned a shipping container into their dream home
“You don’t get that cramped-in feeling. I step out of my house, walk 100 feet, and I’m climbing a mountain.”
This $3.8-million Ontario home was made from five reclaimed barns
“So many barns are lost. They just get taken down and plowed under. Our home gives them a breath of life.”
The Move: Burned out in B.C.
“My doctor told me that, at that time, breathing the Okanagan air was the equivalent of smoking two packs of cigarettes a day”
Why this Ottawa couple moved into a PEI lighthouse
“For weeks we were looking at each other going, ‘Is this real?’”
How Winnipeg’s Forest Pavilion was built with climate change in mind
As flooding becomes more frequent across the Prairies, architects are designing newer structures with climate change in mind
The Move: Why this Ontario family left for Calgary
Life in the Prairies is working out nicely for Louie and Joy after relocating from Pickering, Ont.
This painter turned a 1918 schoolhouse into the art studio of his dreams
Keiran Brennan Hinton was looking for a breath of plein air. He found it at the schoolhouse.
Cottage Industry: Interlake, “the fisherman’s friend”
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.
Cottage Industry: Kawartha Lakes, "the new Muskoka"
Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.