Want to buy a house? Don’t bother checking the foundations.
Buyers desperate to get in on the property boom are opting out of home inspections, opening the door to nasty surprises
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Real Estate
A developer is building condos in a Kelowna millionaire’s front yard. Let the battle begin.
Diamond-mining magnate Chuck Fipke is launching a lawsuit against the developer and the City to save his slice of the waterfront
The next trend in luxury Canadian real estate? Multi-level ’iceberg’ basements.
Wealthy homeowners are digging deep, building underground karaoke lounges and golf simulators to get around building restrictions
Want to get in on Canadian real estate? Welcome to the down-payment hustle.
Insane house prices and rising inequality are leaving anyone without an account at the bank of mom and dad behind
Five charts that will define Canadian real estate and housing in 2022
Chart Week 2022: The price of housing is ballooning; and demand is up but construction is down
Canada’s real estate market in 2022: What to expect in the new year
Three trend predictions on the direction of the country’s housing market in the year to come, according to the experts
No water in winter. No septic field. For $489,000 the ’Tom Selleck house’ can be yours.
This Nova Scotia island home was featured in the Jesse Stone TV movie series
Nowhere to buy
Soaring home prices, insane bidding wars and cancelled dreams have spread from urban centres into towns across Canada. How did everywhere become Toronto and Vancouver?
The mystery mansion near Calgary that has everyone talking
The 11,000-sq.-foot residence’s front door is protected by statues of life-sized golden horses, and a golden chariot helmed by a giant winged man, also in gold
Skyfall
In Vancouver? Look way up. You might catch a glimpse of Canadian Olympian Emily Overholt, out for a swim in the sky.