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Canadian home buyers face least affordable market in a generation: RBC

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 26th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

RBC’s latest housing affordability report released Thursday reveals that the situation is the worst its been since the early 1990s, and will worsen before it gets better. RBC’s aggregate affordability measure for Canada went up 3.7[...]

Housing crisis in Ontario worse than ever, Gen Squeeze says

By:Building .caPosted: May 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

CANADA’S NATIONAL OBSERVER House prices and rents in Ontario have become more unaffordable in the past two years than in any other recent two-year period anywhere in the country, according to a new report from[...]

Federal election 2021: More supply won’t solve Canada’s housing affordability crisis

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 19th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

A four-year-old girl plays house as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau makes a campaign stop in Mississauga, Ont., where he spoke of his party’s policy on affordable housing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Joel Roberts, York University,[...]

Federal leaders argue over affordability plans as campaigns make pitch for votes

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 16th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

OTTAWA – The question of who would make life more affordable for Canadians hit the campaign trail Wednesday with party leaders defending why their spending plans would ease pressures as inflation hit a near two-decade[...]

Affordability issues dotting campaign platforms from major parties

By:Building .caPosted: Aug 28th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

OTTAWA – Canada’s main political parties say they are putting your pocketbook at the top of their agendas, with varying promises to help make everything from housing to food to mobile phone bills less costly.[...]