Real EstateHow speculators inflated the Toronto housing bubbleAt the height of the mania, investors accounted for one in five home sales in parts of the GTA, says a new report
Real EstateCanada’s mortgage market might be a cesspool, the federal government just warnedOpinion: A report quietly released by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada warns mortgage specialists are incentivized to sell mortgages that yield higher commissions, with insufficient oversight
Real EstateIn Vancouver real estate, a shack costs $7 million. Here’s what you could buy elsewhere.Why settle for a $7 million hovel in Vancouver when you could buy a mansion almost anywhere else, not to mention a Polynesian island or a luxury yacht
Real EstateVancouver real estate is so crazy construction workers have to live under Skytrain tracksVancouver’s real estate circus is driving even decently paid tradespeople to live in illegal encampments. So far, the city is turning a blind eye.
Real EstateB.C.’s real estate ’speculation tax’ will reserve homes for the ultra richOpinion: The B.C. NDP government’s new tax will compound the ill effects of rent controls on supply
PoliticsAlberta and B.C.’s latest conflict: a new tax that hits vacation homesA measure designed to curb speculation in B.C.’s overheated housing market is having some unintended consequences for Albertan owners.
CanadaTaking a stand against Vancouver’s real estate disasterTerry Glavin on a B.C. budget that suggests the NDP is finally giving the province’s distorted real estate racket some long overdue attention
Real EstateCanadian real estate sales just fell the most since 2008. Here’s why.The decline is one of the largest in Canadian history and will have an impact on both prices and the broader economy
CanadaThe battle to clean up B.C.Terry Glavin on the efforts to undo a decade of indifference that turned Vancouver into an epicentre of fraud, scams and real estate mania
Economic analysisCanadian real estate prices see biggest drop worldwideCanada’s housing market was the fastest rising in the world, just a few months ago. Now we’re claiming the opposite title.