WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
Events for the week of September 14, 2026 2026 RHPNS Golf Tournament – 2026 Breast Ball Charity Golf – MAC Awards – ARLA Webinars – RHPNS Women in Industry Luncheon – 3rd Annual Tycos Drive Trade Day – 2026 Informa Buildings Show – 2026 ACMO – CCI Condo Conference – CREDA Lunch & CREDA CRE8 Summit – CHBA National Awards & CHBA Webinar – 2026 Alberta Buildex...
read moreSlowing home construction threatens recent affordability gains: CMHC
Ottawa, September 10, 2026 Recent gains in housing affordability in Canada are at risk as new home construction slows, especially in the homeownership market, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) latest Housing Supply Report. New estimates show that Canada’s housing starts need to rise to between 417,000 and 469,000 annually to restore affordability to pre-pandemic levels by 2036, leaving the country’s housing supply gap broadly unchanged from 2025. Since...
read moreTariffs on U.S. homebuilding materials will raise costs, industry warns
Rachelle Younglai, Real Estate Reporter, Published September 11, 2026 Stainless steel sinks, plywood and other homebuilding products from the U.S. will be hit with tariffs up to 50 per cent because of the trade war, driving up construction costs when the building industry has already been dealing with years of rising expenses. The Canadian countertariffs on $28-billion of U.S. goods took effect on Tuesday and cover hundreds of items, including key homebuilding components such as heating and...
read moreBenjamin Tal: This transition period will lead to better things
CIBC economist says Canada is adding ‘oxygen’ to the economy with major investments in infrastructure Steve McLean Business Writer, Commercial Economy National September 10, 2026 “The situation is not good” is how CIBC Capital Markets managing director and deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal began his speech to open the Canadian Apartment Investment Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre yesterday morning. “We are trying to make sense of something that does not make...
read moreManitoba’s maximum rent increase set at 3% for next year
Guideline for this year is 1.8% Arturo Chang · CBC News · Posted: Sep 03, 2026 The maximum permitted rent increase for most residential properties in Manitoba has been set to three per cent in 2027. The provincial government said in a news release Thursday that tenants whose rent is going up on Jan. 1 must receive notice by Sept. 30. The rent increase guideline is calculated based on inflation and is capped within the Bank of Canada’s inflation control target range, which is currently...
read moreToronto’s condo market takes yet another plunge
Prices and sales slide again as the condo crisis continues By Fergal McAlinden, 03 Sep. 2026 Sales and prices are on the way down again in Toronto’s condo market, with new Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) data showing the sector’s downturn is dragging on. The number of condos sold last month fell by 2.6% across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), tumbling to 1,330 as both the city centre and wider 905 region posted declines. Prices, meanwhile, slipped by 3.6%, spurred by a big drop...
read moreInsider: The GTA’s Industrial Vacancy Just Hit A Wall
”If you’ve been sitting on a lease expiry hoping for one more quarter of softening before you commit, here’s the uncomfortable part: the conditions that produced two years of tenant leverage are unwinding, and Peel is leading that shift, rather than lagging it.” Guest Author: Harjaap Singh Makkar, Colliers, September 03, 2026 For the better part of two years, the smartest move for a tenant with an industrial lease coming due in the GTA was to do nothing. Every quarter...
read moreCanada now sixth among ‘most rent-entrenched nations’
Forever renters are no longer a niche group, they’re shaping how an entire generation lives, decorates and invests in their homes. Paul Barker Special to Postmedia Network, Published Sep 04, 2026 The renting forever syndrome across Canada is alive, well and showing no signs of diminishing, results of a new global study reveal. Conducted by Australian furniture retailer Luxo Living, the company’s Forever Renter Global Index released last month analyzed housing data from 39 countries that...
read moreSix charts that explain Canada’s incoming countertariffs on U.S. goods
By: Jason Kirby and Dexter McMillan, Updated September 6, 2026 On Tuesday, Canada is set to slap countertariffs on roughly $28-billion of U.S. goods, ranging from carpets and cutlery to radiators and steel rods, barring a last-minute deal between the two countries. The duties, which would cover hundreds of items, are scheduled to come into effect at 12:01 a.m. Ottawa has said it designed the tariffs as a tit-for-tat response to President Donald Trump’s use of Section 338 of the Tariff Act of...
read moreWEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
Events for the week of September 7, 2026 LPMA Golf – Skyline Charity Golf Classic – 2026 RHPNS Golf Tournament – 2026 Breast Ball Charity Golf – MAC Awards – ARLA Webinars – 3rd Annual Tycos Drive Trade Day – 2026 Informa Buildings Show – 2026 ACMO – CCI Condo Conference – HDAA Dinner Meeting – CHBA National Awards – 2026 Alberta Buildex...
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