How cities can unlock the potential of laneway housing
After an extensive renovation, an old house in a laneway in Toronto became a new two-bedroom home. (LGA Architectural Partners, Ben Rahn/A Frame), Author provided By Shelagh McCartney, Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University; […]
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CMHC: Retail, construction and services workers have high share of mortgage deferrals
OTTAWA – Canada’s housing authority says retail, construction and services workers were the most common deferrers of mortgage payments in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. New data from Canada’s Mortgage and Housing Corp. shows […]
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W shaped recovery would be ‘very severe’ without government assistance: CMHC
A W-shaped recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a nearly 50 per cent drop in housing prices and a peak unemployment rate of 25 per cent, if the government doesn’t offer relief, says the […]
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Bank of Canada keeps key rate at 0.25 per cent, warns of economic decline in 2021
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines. Workers in high-contact service industries […]
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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts down in December
OTTAWA — The annual pace of housing starts in December fell compared with November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for all areas in Canada, […]
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