The Bank of Canada hold its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of 0.25%. Canada’s economy was strong through to late 2020, but [...]

The “B” word has started floating back into discussions about Canada’s housing market.  The latest numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association help to explain why worries [...]

Home sales and home prices are breaking records. Housing starts are beating expectations. The Toronto and Vancouver housing markets occupy prominent places on a new, global list [...]

Current conventional wisdom has it that the latest wave of home sales is being powered by “move over” and “move up” buyers. These are people who are [...]

The desire for home ownership remains strong in Canada.  The latest home buying sentiment poll by one of the country’s big banks suggests nearly 60% of Canadians [...]

In a year where pretty much all things economic and financial have been stood on their heads, here is another anomaly brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.  [...]