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Ontario, 1.5 million new homes from a sustainable perspective

by Marzio Pelù April 6, 2023August 25, 2023

TORONTO – The Ontario government today presented the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, complementary to the plan for the construction of 1.5 million homes by 2031: if approved, the legislation – in the intentions of the provincial government – would further strengthen protections for home buyers, it would support tenants and simplify rules on land use planning. (more…)

Homes, “prices will drop by only 1%”

by Marzio Pelù December 13, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – In 2023, home prices could fall by just 1%, according to a new market survey carried out by Royal LePage. The (average) price of a Canadian home would therefore fall just 1% year-over-year from $772,900 to $765,171 – something that could disappoint hopeful homebuyers that rising interest rates would pushed house prices down. (more…)

Homes in Toronto: prices stable, but the market is at a standstill

by Marzio Pelù November 3, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – The average price of a home in Toronto has remained virtually unchanged over the past two months: the market seemed to be on standby, due to a sharp drop in new listings. In fact, the latest data from the Toronto Region Real Estate Board (TRREB) shows that the average sale price across all property types was $ 1,089,428 in October, up from $ 1,086,762 in September. Prices remain down 5.7% from the same period last year, while October is the third consecutive month with little or no change in TRREB’s benchmark index. (more…)

Ontario, more homes for everyone: but who will pay for the services?

by Marzio Pelù October 27, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – The municipalities of Ontario fear that the new housing legislation adopted by the Province could unload excessive burdens on the municipalities themselves and on taxpayers. The bill presented Tuesday by Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark, would, in fact, reduce and / or exempt from taxes that builders would have to pay in order to build. (more…)

StatCan census: fewer and fewer Canadians buy homes

by Mariella Policheni September 21, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Fewer young owners, more Canadians for rent, more condos. This is the picture that emerges from the 2021 national census of Statistics Canada.

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Nursing homes, the clash is served

by Mariella Policheni April 26, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Long-term care is the workhorse of the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP. Now, at the time of the promises in view of the June elections in Ontario, the three parties promise to heal the sector whose flaws have been laid bare by the Covid pandemic. Pandora’s box has been discovered: mistreatment, negligence and until today as many as 4,329 elderly people died in LTC.