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Cities worry COVID-19 could shatter their budgets

3/27/2020 | Posted in Home Owners by Jessi Sandhu

senior-couple-calculating--taxes--debt-462.jpg - Real Estate News It's very likely that COVID-19 will shatter Ontario's municipalities' budgets, and without provincial or federal help they will have no option but to increase the ... More


Metrolinx & GTAA create paths to transit hub

2/25/2020 | Posted in Ontario News by Jessi Sandhu

airport-transportation-467.jpg - Real Estate News The provincial transit agency and the GTAA (Greater Toronto Airports Authority) have reached an important step in a project that will make getting to and from area airports ... More


The reason behind 40% of Ontarian insolvencies

2/20/2019 | Posted in Ontario News by Jessi Sandhu

stressed-couple-244.jpg - Real Estate News A recent report reveals desperate measures of indebted consumers in Ontario. ... More


Happy Family Day

2/18/2019 | Posted in Community by Jessi Sandhu

happy-family-day-380.jpg - Real Estate News Wishing everyone a Happy Family Day! ... More


OREA welcomes planned repeal of Green Energy Act

9/21/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

business-data-reporting-274.jpg - Real Estate News The Ontario Government is planning to repeal legislation that would require home sellers to obtain a home energy audit before the sale. ... More


GTA's loss is this region's gain

8/10/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

business-data-reporting-274.jpg - Real Estate News Unaffordability isn’t expected to abate in the Greater Toronto Area any time soon, but as more and more people are discovering, there are cheaper places to live slightly ... More


Low likelihood of a serious price correction in Ontario: CMHC

6/14/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

marketing-analysys-104.jpg - Real Estate News Current price correction in Ontario housing market does not resemble historical price bust periods according to the latest report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. ... More


PCs win Ontario, promise to boost household income

6/8/2018 | Posted in Ontario News by Jessi Sandhu

ontario-government-146.jpg - Real Estate News The Progressive Conservative Party has won the Ontario provincial election and there may be some good news ahead for household budgets. ... More


Ontario's curb on foreign buyers appears to have worked

4/26/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

ontario-government-146.jpg - Real Estate News The impact of the Ontario’s Fair Housing on foreign buyers of the province’s real estate has been revealed by the finance ministry. Finance minister Charles Sousa ... More


Condo disputes can now be resolved online

11/8/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

building-offices-100.jpg - Real Estate News Ontario's new condo tribunal is accessible but will only mediate and adjudicate one kind of dispute to begin. ... More


Toronto-area new housing starts drop 42 per cent in October

11/8/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

new-condos--new-highrise-condos-136.jpg - Real Estate News Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said 2,438 new housing units were launched in the Greater Toronto Area in October, a 42-per-cent drop from 4,204 units in the same month last ... More


Ontario, B.C. mull pre-construction condo sales registry amid CRA crackdown

10/31/2017 | Posted in Real Estate News by Jessi Sandhu

new-condos--new-highrise-condos-136.jpg - Real Estate News Ontario and B.C.'s finance ministers say they are open to the idea of a registry of pre- construction condominium sales as the Canada Revenue Agency ramps up efforts to find ... More


Ontario needs more than 6,000 new rental units a year says report

9/26/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

house-for-rent-87.jpg - Real Estate News The tight Ontario rental market will worsen without increasing the units available by around 6,250 a year for a decade. ... More


Province to unlock additional land for housing

9/13/2017 | Posted in Toronto News by Jessi Sandhu

ontario-government-146.jpg - Real Estate News The Ontario government has addressed the province’s housing supply issue by vowing to unlock provincial land for the use of housing. ... More


Ontarians are piling up non-mortgage debt

9/6/2017 | Posted in Financial Health by Jessi Sandhu

cheque-debt-bills-signature-96.jpg - Real Estate News Debt levels in Ontario are outpacing the other provinces while those in Western Canada are declining – and it’s not just home loans. ... More


New eviction rules in effect to protect Ontario tenants

9/1/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

ontario-government-146.jpg - Real Estate News Ontario tenants will have additional protection from eviction starting Friday, September 1, 2017; when a landlord ends a tenancy to have family members move in, people evicted ... More


Ontario begins rolling out new condo-board regulations

8/1/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

condos-highrises-101.jpg - Real Estate News Names of Ontario condominium directors will be listed in a public database under new regulations unveiled this month, as the province begins to implement a new law to protect unit ... More


Foreign buyer activity in Ontario housing market about 5 per cent: government

7/5/2017 | Posted in Foreign Buyers by Jessi Sandhu

handing-over-keys-to-home-buyers-124.jpg - Real Estate News Newly released figures show nearly five per cent of home purchases in Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe region were made by non-residents since the Liberal government ... More


Ontario government considers review of preferential condo sales

6/28/2017 | Posted in Ontario News by Jessi Sandhu

new-condos--new-highrise-condos-136.jpg - Real Estate News The Ontario government is considering a review of preferential sales practices for pre-construction condos as part of its wide-ranging reforms of the housing market. ... More


More first-home buyers in Ontario delaying their purchases

6/27/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

home-buyer-search-126.jpg - Real Estate News More first-home buyers in Ontario appear to be delaying their purchases in the wake of the province’s new policies intended to cool the red-hot housing market. At the same ... More


Cottage country shows early immunity to GTA real estate cooling

6/20/2017 | Posted in Recreational Properties by Jessi Sandhu

vacation-property-52.jpg - Real Estate News The slowdown in Toronto’s housing market is not reaching cottage country several hours away, where vacation properties are changing hands quickly and prices are still ... More


Ontario regaining status as economic engine for Canada

5/29/2017 | Posted in Ontario News by Jessi Sandhu

map-of-ontario-canada-63.jpg - Real Estate News Canada's big banks are forecasting that Ontario will lead the country in economic growth this year or be within a hair of the top of the pack. Unemployment sits ... More


Cottage country feels the heat from Toronto's real estate fire

5/21/2017 | Posted in Real Estate Market by Jessi Sandhu

vacation-property-52.jpg - Real Estate News The May long weekend is the traditional kick-off to cottage season. But long before the snow melted this spring, equity-rich baby boomers from the city had been turning up the ... More


Ontario moves to toughen oversight of syndicated mortgage investments

4/28/2017 | Posted in Mortgage News by Jessi Sandhu

map-of-ontario-canada-63.jpg - Real Estate News The Ontario government will shift regulation of syndicated mortgage investment products to the Ontario Securities Commission in a move to toughen oversight of a rapidly growing ... More


New Ontario regulations on buyers' citizenship effective today

4/24/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

make-a-winning-offer-in-a-competitive-market-116.jpg - Real Estate News Regulatory changes that require home buyers in Ontario to provide complete information on their citizenship and place of residence take effect today. ... More


Ontario to tax foreign buyers, expand rent control

4/20/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

map-of-ontario-canada-63.jpg - Real Estate News Ontario plans to help cool a hot housing market by bringing in a 15-per-cent foreign buyer tax, expanding rent control, allowing Toronto to impose a tax on vacant homes and using ... More


No measures that could boost demand for housing in Toronto: Morneau

4/19/2017 | Posted in Toronto Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

business-meeting-notes-105.jpg - Real Estate News Three levels of government facing a red-hot housing market in the Greater Toronto Area agreed Tuesday not to introduce any measures that would further boost demand and drive ... More


Ontario considers housing tax for non-resident speculators

4/18/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

new-condos--new-highrise-condos-136.jpg - Real Estate News Seeking to tame a roaring housing market in greater Toronto, the Ontario government is considering a speculation tax on home purchases by non-residents according to the The Globe ... More


Cool Toronto's market by cutting tax - not raising it

4/12/2017 | Posted in Toronto Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

couple-laptop-106.jpg - Real Estate News Jack Mintz: If Premier Kathleen Wynne wants to score a big win with home-buying voters, why not get rid of the land-transfer tax altogether? ... More


Sousa promises measures to cool Ontario's overheated housing market

3/28/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Jessi Sandhu

map-of-ontario-canada-63.jpg - Real Estate News Attention hard-pressed homebuyers: Finance Minister Charles Sousa is promising help in his spring budget to make houses and condos more affordable. ... More


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