Nova Scotia’s premier says a rent increase cap put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic will stay in place as long as housing is scarce.
“I don’t see an end to rent control right now, when we’re looking at low availability …
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Ontario is once again in a state of emergency and under a stay-at-home order amid surging rates of COVID-19, and that means a residential eviction ban is now also in effect.
Premier Doug Ford announced the new public health measures Wednesday …
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Academics theorize why developers won’t create more purpose-built rental housing. They cite everything from user behavior to policy restrictions. For some reason, they never think to just ask a real estate developer candidly.
A few weeks ago I shared a popular …
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In New Brunswick, non-owner-occupied buildings are charged double the property tax. It’s the only province in Canada with such a tax.
NBAOA president Willy Scholten, who is also the chief financial officer of Fredericton-based Colpitts Developments, says property taxes represent 40-45 …
From the pages of our Jan/Feb issue…
Quote Worthy
This pandemic has brought many things to light, one of them being just how important housing is in this country and around the world. ~ R. Jason Ashdown, Co-Founder & CSO, Skyline Group of Companies