Despite Montreal’s shortage of rental housing, developers struggle to fill units in new buildings
High vacancy rates raise questions about whether the right housing is being built and whether it’s too expensive. By Leora Schertzer, Last Updated: September 23, 2026 Competition in Montreal’s rental market has tightened over the last decade, yet many apartments in new buildings sit empty. According to a survey from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., the vacancy rate in 2025 for rental units in new builds (constructed between 2022 and 2025) across Montreal was 8.4 per cent. That was...
read moreFederal government looks to usher in new students as 700K tradespeople expected to retire by 2030
By Adrian Ghobrial, Updated: September 24, 2026 WHITBY, Ont. – With a wrench in hand, second-year Electric Vehicle Technician students at Ontario’s Durham College are hoping that all their hard work will help them fasten their future career choice. The program is only in its second year, though its gaining plenty of buzz around campus and enrollment demand has risen year over year. “It’s the direction that everything is going,” proclaims Durham College Hybrid Electric Vehicle Professor,...
read moreVaughn Palmer: First few days of B.C. campaign a disaster for David Eby
Opinion: NDP calls an election two days after Findlay quits, then complains Conservatives are running with an interim leader By Vaughn Palmer, Published Sep 26, 2026 VICTORIA — The New Democrats set a new low for shamelessness this week when they complained that the B.C. Conservatives were being led in the election by a mere interim leader, not a permanent one. NDP Leader David Eby had called the snap election Tuesday, a mere 48 hours after Kerry Lynne Findlay resigned the Conservative party...
read moreMayor promises to go after ‘slumlords’ with proactive inspections of problem apartments
Chow has continued to aggressively court renter votes after the cohort showed up for her in the 2023 mayoral byelection Aidan Chamandy, Sep 25, 2026 TORONTO – Olivia Chow promised to “go after slumlords” by establishing a new unit dedicated to bolstering property standards enforcement in Toronto apartment buildings if she’s reelected on Oct. 26. The move continues Chow’s aggressive courtship of renters during her three-year term — which includes moves like a new renoviction bylaw — after...
read moreWEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
Events for the week of September 28, 2026 2026 Breast Ball Charity Golf – MAC Awards – ARLA Webinars – RHPNS Women in Industry Luncheon – 2026 Informa Buildings Show – CCI Race to the AGM –2026 ACMO – CCI Condo Conference – CREDA Lunch & CREDA CRE8 Summit – ULI Toronto Annual Trends in Real Estate – CHBA National Awards – 2026 Alberta Buildex...
read moreCondo correction spreads as Canada’s summer housing market sputters
Trade tensions and a widening condo slide pushed national home values lower in August By Liezel Once, 18 Sep. 2026 Canada’s national home values fell 3% year over year in August, according to the RPS-Wahi House Price Index. Deepening condo correction extended well beyond southern Ontario and British Columbia into Alberta and other markets and renewed trade tensions kept a lid on homebuyer confidence across the country. The index, produced by Real Property Solutions (RPS) and presented by...
read moreWhy Canada’s commercial real estate market may be poised for a comeback for institutional investors
Content from: globe content studio, Published September 15, 2026 After years of headwinds marked by rising interest rates, inflation and the lingering impacts of COVID, Canada’s commercial real estate market is showing signs of stabilization and growth. Institutional investors are reconsidering their allocations and they are looking to increase their exposure. Yet the recovery is anything but broad-based, says Jennifer Schillaci, managing director and head of Real Estate Equity Investments at...
read moreThe $500B Push That Could Redraw Canada’s CRE Map
By: Joel Bowey, September 18, 2026 By the end of the Canada Investment Summit this week, the number attached to Canada’s latest investment push had climbed to nearly $500B. Adam Jacobs was looking somewhere else: the map. “I think we might see some legitimately new markets emerge,” the head of research in Canada at Colliers told Connect. The federal figure is not $500B of construction spending. It includes investment commitments and lending capacity across infrastructure, energy, critical...
read moreCanada’s Plan To Fix Housing? Just Change What Affordable Means
Stephen Punwasi, September 17, 2026 Canada’s building boom and slowing population growth finally pushed it closer to its affordability target. Just kidding. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation‘s (CMHC) 2026 Housing Supply Report shows it was never a real target. Despite billions in subsidies and slower population growth, its estimated gap barely budged. The agency’s latest report pushes the target further back, while lowering the bar for affordability. The affordability target has...
read moreWEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
Events for the week of September 21, 2026 2026 Breast Ball Charity Golf – MAC Awards – ARLA Webinars – RHPNS Women in Industry Luncheon – 2026 Informa Buildings Show – CCI Race to the AGM –2026 ACMO – CCI Condo Conference – CREDA Lunch & CREDA CRE8 Summit – ULI Toronto Annual Trends in Real Estate – CHBA National Awards & CHBA Webinar – 2026 Alberta Buildex...
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