APRIL 23, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
Outside the Trump tariffs, the housing crisis has been a top issue for all major parties this election season. Hardly mentioned is what created the crisis which are policy problems within the housing crisis that go back decades. Also not discussed is regardless of which party takes office some basic fundamentals should be observed and implemented. ...
read moreAPRIL 16, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
Instability, volatility, a trade war, an election all add up to a perfect storm for even more rental housing issues. This isn’t the first time Canada has had to deal with a housing crisis but with the Federal elections coming up on April 28th, the parties have laid out their plans to deal with this housing crisis. ...
read moreAPRIL 9, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
Now that the US has imposed tariffs, markets have taken a tumble and the companies are realigning their 2025 outlook. ...
read moreAPRIL 2, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
From the start of the election campaign, Jagmeet Singh has consistently tried do draw attention to his party’s policies. Now the party finds itself looking for relevancy and potentially losing official status. ...
read moreMARCH 26, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
The Federal Liberals were in Toronto announcing Billions for the city to build affordable housing. ...
read moreMARCH 19, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
The Bank of Canada lowered the lending rate but the housing market may not get the intended benefits. ...
read moreMARCH 12, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
The Liberal Party elects it’s new leader, Mark Carney. ...
read moreMARCH 7, 2025 DAILY NEWS WITH VANESSA TOPPLE
With the Ontario elections done we turn our attention to who will replace our current Prime Minister. ...
read moreP.E.I. RENTAL VACANCY RATE THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY
In 2024, P.E.I.’s rental vacancy rate once again dropped to the lowest in the country. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporate (CMHC) data, released on Dec. 17, shows that the province’s rental vacancy rate – the percentage of apartments and townhouses that were vacant – dropped from 1.1 per cent in October 2023 to 0.8 per cent in October 2024. P.E.I. has had the lowest vacancy rate of any province for five of the last seven years, although the province was tied with Nova Scotia for this...
read moreTHE END OF GROWTH? IMMIGRATION AND RENTAL INFLATION ARE SLOWING
Canada’s once unstoppable population growth is finally tapping the brakes, and the ripple effects are beginning to surface—most notably in the country’s rental markets. In a significant shift that could reshape the dynamics of Canada’s real estate landscape, the country has recorded the highest exodus of non-permanent residents (NPRs) since the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) began tracking this data in 2021. This exodus coincides with a marked softening of rental rates across...
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