Municipalities issued $6.5 billion in building permits in September, up 13.4%. September's increase was the result of gains in all three components of the non-residential sector. The total value of building permits increased in seven provinces and...

Ontario residential property taxpayers will see an average assessment increase of five per cent in 2009, the first year of a four-year phase-in plan. “Residential property values have increased by an average of approximately 20 per cent across Ontario...

The Economy Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year as inventory accumulation suffered a significant slow down. The inventory correction shaved over one percentage point off of GDP, while...

New home construction will begin to slow in 2008, but will remain high by historical standards, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) third quarter Housing Market Outlook report. In Ontario, economic uncertainty, rising...

"There's been a lot of talk about real estate in the news in recent months. We've heard about declining housing starts, falling existing home sales, double-digit price depreciation, subprime fallout and foreclosures - in the United States....